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Jean-Luc Godard's cinema comeback after almost ten years of abstinence is a strangely grotesque, ironic and bitter dance of love. Denise (Nathalie Baye) gives up her job in television for a life in the country. Her boyfriend Paul (Jacques Dutronc) doesn't want to leave the city but nor does he want Denise to leave him. Isabelle (Isabelle Huppert) moves from the country to the city to sell her body. Their paths cross and a loose web of relations develops between the characters, whereby the plot (or non-plot) revolves around the concepts of "the imaginary", "fear”, "trade" and "music". Adopting his usual socio-critical approach, Godard surprises the viewer with his wild and enigmatic images.
Jean-Luc Godard was born in Paris in 1930 and was one of the leading lights of the French Nouvelle Vague, going on to become one of the most influential directors of the 60s. He has directed over 50 films since 1954 and has continually defied obvious structures and conventional narrative forms in search of freer, more experimental ones. Films of his that were shown at the Forum: Ici et alleurs (1977), Sauve qui peut (la vie) (Slow Motion) (1981).
Production: Sara Films, MK 2, Saga Production
Camera: William Lubchansky, Renato Berta, Jean-Bernard Menoud
Format: 35mm, color
Running Time: 87 min.
Language: French
