L'Amour fou is a 1969 French romantic drama film directed by Jacques Rivette, who co-wrote the script with Marilù Parolini.
L'Amour fou follows the dissolution of the marriage between Claire, an actress (played by Bulle Ogier), and Sebastien, her director (Jean-Pierre Kalfon).
The central event in the film's narrative is a three-week period of preparation by a theater group for a production of Racine's version of Andromaque.
This framework allows Rivette to focus on the act of direction, in the formation of an artwork and the dissolution of a relationship.
The film is pivotal in Rivette's career as a precursor to his vast 12+ hour opus Out 1 which followed two years later.