Four drama students living together in a house in a suburb of Paris become entangled in a web of intrigue when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.
Anna, Joyce, Claude and Lucia are all students under the tutelage of Constance Dumas, a renowned film instructor. Lucia moves in with the other girls.
Soon after, she is attacked on the street outside her home and saved by a mysterious stranger…
Accessible and quintessential, this is a perfect introduction to the themes and settings Rivette has explored throughout his career. --newwavefilm.com
La bande des quatre was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won an Honourable Mention.
About this movie
Title: Gang of Four | La bande des quatre (1989)
Directed by: Jacques Rivette
Date of birth: 1 March 1928, Rouen, France
Date of death: 29 January 2016, Paris, France
Writing credits: Pascal Bonitzer, Christine Laurent, Jacques Rivette
Year: 1989
Country: France | Switzerland
Language: French
Color: Color
Runtime: 162 min.