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Merry-Go-Round is a 1981 film by Jacques Rivette, starring Maria Schneider and Joe Dallesandro. The film is a crime drama revolving around a kidnapping plot. Elizabeth (Danièle Gégauff) sends telegrams to her old boyfriend Ben (Dallesandro) in New York City and to her younger sister Léo (Schneider) in Rome to join her in Paris, where she is selling her dead father's estate. The scenario was written by Rivette in collaboration with Eduardo de Gregorio and Suzanne Schiffman, with dialogue by de Gregorio. Distributed by Roissy Films.
Original Release
10/08/1981
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Maria Schneider | Léo |
| Joe Dallesandro | Ben |
| Danièle Gégauff | Elisabeth |
| Sylvie Matton | Shirley |
| Françoise Prévost | Renée Novick / Renee Novick |
| Maurice Garrel | Julius Danvers |
| Michel Berto | Jérôme / Jerome |
| Dominique Erlanger | La scerétaire / The secretary |
| Frederic Mitterrand | Le conseil |
| Jean-Francois Stevenin | Le décorateur / The decorator |
Directors
Writers
Eduardo de Gregorio, Suzanne Schiffman, Jacques Rivette
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Maria Schneider | Léo |
| Joe Dallesandro | Ben |
| Danièle Gégauff | Elisabeth |
| Sylvie Matton | Shirley |
| Françoise Prévost | Renée Novick / Renee Novick |
| Maurice Garrel | Julius Danvers |
| Michel Berto | Jérôme / Jerome |
| Dominique Erlanger | La scerétaire / The secretary |
| Frederic Mitterrand | Le conseil |
| Jean-Francois Stevenin | Le décorateur / The decorator |
| Pascale Dauman | L'infirmière / The nurse |
| Marc Labrousse | Le premier complice / The first accomplice |
| Jean Hernandez | Le deuxième complice / The second accomplice |
| Benjamin Legrand | Le chauffeur / The chauffeur |
| Florence Bernard | La femme du cimetière / The woman of the cemetery |
| Humbert Balsan | Le chevalier / The knight |
| Hermine Karagheuz | L'autre / The other one |
| Barre Phillips | Musiciens: contrebasse / Musician: double bass |
| John Surman | Musiciens: clarinette basse / Musician: bass clarinet |
| Jacques Rivette | Man entering car (cameo) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Stéphane Tchalgadjieff | Producer |
