Céline and Julie Go Boating

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Fantasy
9/18/1974
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Storyline

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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  • badelf

    The Orphan Love Child of Harry Houdini and Timothy Leary

    Céline and Julie Go Boating is two children whove stolen the keys to the dream factory, turning the machinery on and pressing all the button at once just to see what happens. This film is pure magic. But it's not the kind that arrives with fanfare and spotlights. Rivette has crafted a quiet, subversive magic of women whove decided the rules dont apply to them. Rivettes film isnt so much watched as it is inhabited. At three hours, it's not long - it's damned intoxicating. This is a place where a house becomes a haunted television set broadcasting the same melodrama on loop until someone dares to change the channel.

    Contrary to popular belief, Céline and Julie isnt French N...

    August 15, 2025

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