Who Knows?

– Quick-witted, well-read cultured types revolve around each other in a delightful potpourri of theatr..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 34 Minutes
Release Year:
2001
Original Name:
Va savoir
Who Knows? (2001) - Also known as Va savoir

Quick-witted, well-read cultured types revolve around each other in a delightful potpourri of theatre, romanticism and theft.

Release Date:

10 Oct 2001

Language:

French, Italian

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

Jacques Rivette

Writer:

Pascal Bonitzer (scenario), Christine Laurent (scenario), Jacques Rivette (scenario), Pascal Bonitzer (dialogue), Christine Laurent (dialogue)

Main Actors:

Jeanne Balibar, Marianne Basler, Hélène de Fougerolles, Catherine Rouvel

Plot:

The theatre world is a familiar setting for the films of Rivette. In Va savoir, the characters, all quick-witted, well-read and cultured types, revolve around each other in a delightful potpourri of theatre, romance and theft. In the end, everything lands on its feet and they all get the partner they deserve, but before then, long filmer Rivette takes two and a half hours to dwell lightly on the vicissitudes around the six protagonists. Camille is an actress with an Italian company that is in Paris to perform a play by Pirandello, Come tu mi vuoi. Her boyfriend Ugo is the director and the company's most important actor. Both have a hidden agenda for their trip to Paris: Camille meets her ex Pierre, a professor of philosophy, while Ugo is secretly researching a supposedly lost play by Goldoni. In the archives, he is assisted by the charming student Do, who steals his heart. In turn, Do has a link with Pierre: her stepbrother, the playwright Arthur, namely steals an expensive ring from Pierre's wife Sonia. After many sophisticated conversations, secret rendezvous and references to Pirandello, events reach a hilarious climax when Pierre and Ugo challenge each other to an old-fashioned duel for life and death.

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations.

Production:

Sony Pictures Classics

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
Metacritic:
79%