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'''''Céline et Julie vont en bateau''''' (''Céline and Julie Go Boating'') is a 1974 French drama/fantasy/arthouse film directed by Jacques Rivette. The film's French title contains a pun; "vont en bateau" can also mean "get caught up in a story" or "go crazy".
 
The film opens with soft-spoken [[Redheaded Hero|red-headed]] librarian and part-time magic student Julie (Dominique Labourier) lounging in a Parisan park whilst reading a book on magic. All of a sudden, [[Stage Magician]] Céline (Juliet Berto) dashes past and drops an article of clothing; much like the White Rabbit from ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|Alice in Wonderland]]''. [[Follow the White Rabbit|Céline, sure enough, picks it up and pursues her]].
 
Over the next few days, the two women encounter each other about Paris. Eventually, Céline turns up at the door to Julie's apartment with a bloody gash on her leg. Julie allows her to move in with her. Asking her what happened, Céline tells Julie that she had a run-in with the residents of a big old house where she's working as a nanny, and that she believes they're now after her.
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* [[Heads I Win, Tails You Lose]]: Céline pulls this on Julie with a coin when they're debating who gets to go the house on a particular day.
* [[Le Film Artistique]]
* [[Leave the Camera Running]]: Kind of a habit for director Jacques Rivette, and this film certainly has moments of this. Take for instance, the opening footchase (see [[Shout -Out]]) that seems to go on and on until the heroines have practically covered all of Montmartre.
* [[Magic Realism]]
* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]
* [[Redheaded Hero]]: Julie.
* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: Can be interpreted as this.
* [[Shout -Out]]: To ''Alice in Wonderland''.
* [[Stage Magician]]: Céline.
* [[Tarot Troubles]]: Céline reads the fortune of a fellow librarian and inevitably, the death cards comes up. She informs said librarian that it just means change.
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[[Category:Films of the 1970s]]
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