Directed by:
Jacques RivetteScreenplay:
Jacques RivetteCinematography:
Renato BertaCast:
Lucas Belvaux, Fabienne Babe, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Olivier Cruveiller, Olivier Torres, Alice de PonchevillePlots(1)
HURLEVENT is Rivette's impressive rendition of Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights". He shifted the action to the Cévennes and characterised by a wild, sun-drenched landscape where isolated farms can be several miles apart. He also introduced three dream sequences, the most impressive of which is interpolated in the middle of the movie and marks a turning point in the action, the three-year separation of Heathcliff/ Roch from Catherine. The blurring of frontiers between conscious and unconscious perception which is made tangible in this central oneiric scene allows a poignant insight into Catherine's psyche without any need for words. Rivette understood perfectly well that simplicity in the dialogues, locations and costumes was necessary to avoid the trap of over-dramatisation – into which the old period drama of 1939 (with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon) had fallen. (Viennale)
(more)Cast
Lucas Belvaux
Belgium
Best movies:
Merry Christmas (2005)
Allons z'enfants (1981)
The Death of Mario Ricci (1983)
Fabienne Babe
France
Best movies:
Napoléon (2002) (series)
J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka (2005)
I'm Thinking of You (1992)
Philippe Morier-Genoud
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Three Colours: White (1994)
Olivier Cruveiller
France
Best movies:
La Vie en rose (2007)
I've Loved You So Long (2008)
The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)
Alice de Poncheville
Best movies:
The Brontë Sisters (1979)