Directors: Godard
Jean-Luc Godard, the legend behind the French New Wave, turns 89 this year on December 3rd! Celebrate his long career and his singular influence with this wide-ranging selection of his work from Breathless (1960) to The Image Book (2018).
The Image Book
(Le livre d'image)
Social commentary and cinema’s depiction of the Arab World
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- Switzerland, France • 2018
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville, Dimitri Basil
- Genre Drama, Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex Channel
Godard Mon Amour
(Le Redoutable)
A pivotal episode in the life of Jean-Luc Godard, as seen through the eyes of his wife, actress and writer Anne Wiazemsky.
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- France, Myanmar • 2017
- Director Michel Hazanavicius
- Cast Louis Garrel, Stacy Martin, Bérénice Bejo, Micha Lescot, Grégory Gadebois, Félix Kysyl
- Genre Drama, Romance, Comedy
- Available on MUBI, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Goodbye to Language
(Adieu au langage)
A 3-D experimental narrative essay film about a man whose wife is having an affair and the dissolution of their relationship.
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- Switzerland, France • 2014
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Jessica Erickson, Héloïse Godet, Zoé Bruneau, Kamel Abdeli, Richard Chevallier, Alexandre Païta
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Film Socialisme
()
A fragmented meditation on the themes of the nation state, justice, and history
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- Switzerland, France • 2010
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Catherine Tanvier, Christian Sinniger, Jean-Marc Stehlé, Patti Smith, Robert Maloubier, Alain Badiou
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kanopy
For Ever Mozart
()
Four short films examine the war in Sarajevo.
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- Switzerland, France • 1996
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Madeleine Assas, Ghalia Lacroix, Bérangère Allaux, Vicky Messica, Frédéric Pierrot
- Genre Drama, Comedy, War
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Meetin' WA
Godard interviews Woody Allen
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- France • 1986
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Woody Allen, Jean-Luc Godard, Annette Insdorf
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
First Name: Carmen
(Prénom Carmen)
When love and passion comes in the middle of a big plan.
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- France • 1983
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Maruschka Detmers, Jacques Bonnaffé, Myriem Roussel, Christophe Odent, Jean-Luc Godard, Valérie Dréville
- Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Kanopy
Every Man for Himself
(Sauve qui peut (la vie))
The lives of a man and a woman and a prostitute intersect.
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- France, Switzerland, West Germany • 1980
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Jacques Dutronc, Isabelle Huppert, Nathalie Baye, Cécile Tanner, Anna Baldaccini
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Struggle in Italy
(Lotte in Italia)
A revolutionary Italian woman falls prey for bourgeois ideology.
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- Italy, France • 1971
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Cristiana Tullio-Altan, Paolo Pozzesi, Jerome Hinstin, Anne Wiazemsky
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
(2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle)
A house wife turns to prostitution in difficult times.
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- France • 1967
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Marina Vlady, Anny Duperey, Joseph Gehrard, Roger Montsoret, Raoul Lévy, Jean Narboni
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Alphaville
(Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution)
A spy journeys to a tyrannical space city to complete three secret missions.
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- France, Italy • 1965
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Howard Vernon, Christa Lang, Valérie Boisgel
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
Pierrot le Fou
(Pierrot le fou)
How is life going to look like if one is always on the run?
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- France, Italy • 1965
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani, Dirk Sanders, Jimmy Karoubi, Roger Dutoit
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Married Woman
(Une Femme Mariée)
Can one love more than one soul?
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- France • 1964
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Macha Méril, Bernard Noël, Philippe Leroy, Christophe Bourseiller, Roger Leenhardt, Margareth Clémenti
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Contempt
(Le Mépris)
A vivid display of conflict between passion and art.
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- France, Italy • 1963
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, Fritz Lang, Raoul Coutard
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
A Woman Is a Woman
(Une femme est une femme)
Sometimes women can't escape what nature makes them desire.
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- France, Italy • 1961
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie Dubois, Jeanne Moreau, Dominique Zardi
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Breathless
(À bout de souffle)
When you discover the dirty truth about the person you love...
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- France • 1960
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville, Henri-Jacques Huet, Van Doude
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy