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Céline and Julie Go Boating
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Céline and Julie Go Boating

1974-09-18 · 194 min · ★ 6.8

Comedy · Drama · Fantasy

Julie, a daydreaming librarian, meets Céline, an enigmatic magician, and together they become the heroines of a time-warping adventure involving a haunted house, psychotropic candy, and a murder-mystery melodrama.

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Directors
Jacques Rivette
Production companies
Les Films Christian Fechner, Action Films, Les Films 7, Les Films du Losange, Renn Productions, Saga, Simar Productions, V. M. Productions
Countries
France
Status
Released

Top Cast

Juliet BertoJuliet BertoCéline
Dominique LabourierDominique LabourierJulie
Bulle OgierBulle OgierCamille
Marie-France PisierMarie-France PisierSophie
Barbet SchroederBarbet SchroederOlivier
Nathalie AsnarMadlyn
Marie-Thérèse SaussurePoupie
Philippe ClévenotPhilippe ClévenotGuilou
Anne ZamireLil
Jean DouchetJean DouchetM'sieur Dede
Adèle TaffetasAlice
Monique ClémentMyrtille
Jérôme RichardJulien
Michael GrahamBoris
Jean-Marie SéniaCyrille
Jean-Claude BietteJean-Claude BietteSpectateur au cabaret (uncredited)
Jacques BontempsLecteur à la bibliothèque (uncredited)
Michel CaenSpectateur au cabaret (uncredited)
Jean EustacheJean EustacheSpectateur au cabaret / Lecteur à la bibliohèque (uncredited)
Jean-Claude RomerUn producteur dans le cabaret (uncredited)

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