Celine and Julie Go Boating

Celine, a librarian, and Julie, a cabaret artiste, meet in Paris and become closely involved, occasionally swapping identities and eventually visiting a mysterious house where Celine claims that she once worked as a nanny for an evil aristocratic family. The plot is almost impossible to describe, featuring as it does time travel, a murder mystery and magic sweets. The result is an exhilarating tour de force that looks back to the enchantment of Feuillade while changing the rules of cinematic narrative.

Introduction by Mark Lefanu