Godard Mon Amour

"This movie is a “stupid, stupid idea.”"

2017 1h 48m FR

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 377

DramaRomanceComedy

Synopsis

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In 1967, during the making of “La Chinoise,” film director Jean-Luc Godard falls in love with 19-year-old actress Anne Wiazemsky and marries her.

“This movie is a “stupid, stupid idea.””

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Cast

Louis Garrel
Jean-Luc Godard
Stacy Martin
Anne Wiazemsky
Bérénice Bejo
Michèle Rosier
Micha Lescot
Bambam
Grégory Gadebois
Michel Cournot
Félix Kysyl
Jean-Pierre Gorin
Arthur Orcier
Jean-Henri 'Jean-Jock' Roger
Guido Caprino
Bernardo Bertolucci

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Writers: Michel Hazanavicius
Languages: Italian, Czech, French, English
Countries: Myanmar, France

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MONEY

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Earned back only 1% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Italian, Czech, French, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Myanmar, France.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Michel Hazanavicius, shot by Guillaume Schiffman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Michel Hazanavicius shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Louis Garrel and Stacy Martin and Bérénice Bejo carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "This movie is a “stupid, stupid idea.”".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michel Hazanavicius directs. Guillaume Schiffman behind the camera. Michel Hazanavicius cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in Myanmar, France. Dialogue in Italian, Czech, French, English.

Trivia

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1Earned back only 1% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 9 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Italian, Czech, French, English.
4International production across 2 countries: Myanmar, France.
5Directed by Michel Hazanavicius, shot by Guillaume Schiffman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Michel Hazanavicius shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Louis Garrel and Stacy Martin and Bérénice Bejo carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "This movie is a “stupid, stupid idea.”".
9IMDB entry: tt5687334 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Guillaume Schiffman
Editing: Michel Hazanavicius
Production design: Christian Marti
Costume design: Sabrina Riccardi
Makeup / hair: Margo Blache
VFX supervisor: Philippe Aubry
Sound: Michele Gualdrini
Runtime: 108 min · 1h 48m
Status: Released
Budget: $12,840,746
Box office: $82,264
Return: 1% of budget
Original language: FR
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Godard Mon Amour (2017)

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CinemaSerf2024-07-20
★ 7/10
I think it's pretty safe to say that Jean-Luc Godard was a bit of a selfish arse, and Louis Garrel captures that really quite effectively here. The film is set in 1967 when French society was being rocked by political upheaval, student demonstrations and where President De Gaulle was at his most unpopular. The thirty-six year old Godard was already an household name and had fallen for his young starlet Anne Wiazemsky (Stacey Martin) who could have been his daughter, and they marry. She adores him - his reputation, his vision, his passion whilst he loves the fact that she is young, beautiful and can be fairly easily twisted around his little finger. As the filming of his film "La Chinoise" proceeds, though, we discover that this relationship might not be much more than puddle deep and his constant search to remain relevant in an ever changing and increasingly hostile environment is taking it's toll on his temperament and his popularity. Many begin to suspect that his latest film - extolling the virtues of ultra-socialism as espoused by Mao is but a gimmick to keep him germane, but it's when his wife gets the chance to travel to Rome to work with Bertolucci and things start to unravel. She starts to open her own eyes to the failings in both herself and her husband - and it looks like a bit of chop and change is in the wind. Garrel does his best here to illustrate a man who is eccentric and quirky, capable of humour and jealousy but who struggles to see beyond the end of his own nose. Director Michel Hazanavicius was never going to be able to encapsulate all the vagaries of this man here, but he does allow his lead actors to develop plausible aspects of their personalities and we can fill in some gaps, make the odd gasp, and wonder why anyone would ever want to be associated with this fairly introspective film-making genius in the first place. The production itself is slightly stylised to mimic some of Godard's original techniques - the odd reverse exposure, bad continuity, jump cuts - but I'm not sure they were really necessary to remind us of the character we were following. You could probably do a mini-series on Godard and still not get it all in and/or right - this has a good try, though.

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