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Va savoir Returning home with her travelling theatre troupe, actress Camille (Jeanne Balibar) finds the affections of her director/lover Ugo (Sergio Castellitto) have waned after he takes an interest in Dominique (Hélène de Fougerolles), a vivacious student helping him search for an infamous missing play. In a bid to make him jealous, Camille reunites with her former lover Pierre (Jacques Bonnaffé), now happily married to Sonia (Marianne Basler), and a farce-like series of love triangles ensue. Theatrically exploring attraction, jealousy, and every emotion in between, Jacques Rivette’s quick-witted and zesty romantic drama turns a satirical lens on the city’s intelligentsia - for whom Paris will always be their home - to ask whether even they know what love is all about. LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES New 4K restorations of Va savoir (the 154-minute theatrical cut) and Va savoir+ (the 223-minute director’s original cut), presented on two discs Original stereo DTS-HD Master Audio Select-scene audio commentary by screenwriters Pascal Bonitzer and Christine Laurent (2001, 45 mins) Archival interview with director Jacques Rivette (2001, 8 mins) Archival interview with star Jeanne Balibar (2001, 8 mins) Interview with critic Jonathan Romney (2024, 26 mins) Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Filippo Di Battista Limited edition booklet with archival writing by Rivette expert Mary M. Wiles, Chris Chang, Kent Jones and an archival interview with Rivette. Add all our April releases (A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness, Girl with a Suitcase, Va Savoir, River of Grass, and Killer Cop) to cart to receive 10% off. Discount automatically applied at cart. Ends February 5th. Year: 2001 Country: France Cert: 12 Format: Blu-ray Region: ABC RAD107BDLE EAN: 5060974682119 Release date: 28/04/25 Press: "A wry but heartfelt love letter to love, dramatic artifice and everyday human folly… Funny, sentimental but ironic and quite wondrously assured” - Geoff Andrew, Time Out "Rivette and his eloquent actor Jeanne Balibar surmount their subject matter of new and old love affairs kindling and rekindling with a breezy charm and coolly adult approach to dramatic confrontation… the whole unfolds with a refreshing sense of elegance, somewhat like a Lubitsch movie” - Nick James, Sight & Sound "A masterful celebration… a rich and elegant exploration of love, jealousy and animal attraction” - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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Va Savoir (Who Knows?) (2001)
154 min
After finding love and success in Italy, French actress Camille returns to Paris, the city she fled three years ago. She secretly dreads confronting her ex-boyfriend Pierre. Her new lover Ugo also has a secret, as he’s meeting with the intriguing Dominique while on his quest for an unpublished manuscript.