Merry-Go-Round

Categories: Mystery, Drama, Crime
New Yorker Ben Phillips and mysterious Léo Hoffmann are strangers who are summoned to Paris by a mutual acquaintance. Upon arrival, they meet and soon find themselves tangled in a complex mystery.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1981-10-08
Run time: 160 minute / 2:40
Director: Jacques Rivette
Production Company : Sunchild Productions
Production Country: France

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Joe Dallesandro
as Ben
Maria Schneider
as Léo
Hermine Karagheuz
as The other one
Danièle Gégauff
as Elisabeth
Sylvie Matton
as Shirley
Françoise Prévost
as Renee Novick
Maurice Garrel
as Julius Danvers
Michel Berto
as Jerome
Dominique Erlanger
as The secretary
Frédéric Mitterrand
as Le conseil
Jean-François Stévenin
as The decorator
Pascale Dauman
as The nurse
Benjamin Legrand
as The chauffeur
Marc Labrousse
as The first accomplice
Jean Hernandez
as The second accomplice
Florence Bernard
as The woman of the cemetery
Humbert Balsan
as The knight
Barre Phillips
as Musician: double bass
John Surman
as Musician: bass clarinet
Jacques Rivette
as Man entering car (cameo)
Directing
Jacques Rivette Director

Production
Stéphane Tchalgadjieff Producer

Sound
Barre Phillips Original Music Composer
John Surman Original Music Composer

Costume & Make-Up
Paul Le Marinel Makeup Artist

Production
Christian Danzas Production Manager
Pierre Wallon Assistant Production Manager

Directing
Lydie Mahias Assistant Director

Writing
Jacques Rivette Writer
Eduardo de Gregorio Writer
Suzanne Schiffman Writer

Camera
William Lubtchansky Director of Photography

Editing
Nicole Lubtchansky Editor
Catherine Quesemand Editor

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