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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.
