DramaRomanceComedy

Godard Mon Amour

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

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.

Release Date : 2017-06-24

Language :CzechEnglishFrenchItalian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Les Compagnons du CinémaLa Classe américaineFrance 3 CinémaStudioCanalForever Group

Production Country : MyanmarFrance

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Jean-Luc Godard

Original Name : Louis Garrel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anne Wiazemsky

Original Name : Stacy Martin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Michèle Rosier

Original Name : Bérénice Bejo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bambam

Original Name : Micha Lescot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Michel Cournot

Original Name : Grégory Gadebois

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jean-Pierre Gorin

Original Name : Félix Kysyl

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jean-Henri 'Jean-Jock' Roger

Original Name : Arthur Orcier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bernardo Bertolucci

Original Name : Guido Caprino

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marco Ferreri

Original Name : Emmanuele Aita

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marco Margine

Original Name : Matteo Martari

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eric de la Meignière

Original Name : Stéphane Varupenne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jean Vilar

Original Name : Philippe Girard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paul

Original Name : Quentin Dolmaire

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cinephile

Original Name : Romain Goupil

Gender : Male

Character Name : Customer in the Restaurant

Original Name : Jean-Pierre Mocky

Gender : Male

Character Name : Narrator #4 (voice)

Original Name : Michel Subor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Protester

Original Name : Louise Legendre

Gender : Female

Character Name : Journalist (uncredited)

Original Name : Marc Brun Adryan'

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lecturer (uncredited)

Original Name : Eric Marcel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Militant (uncredited)

Original Name : Eva Chico

Gender : Male

Character Name : Militant (uncredited)

Original Name : Nicolas Dussaut

Gender : Male

Character Name : Narrator #5 (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Michel Hazanavicius

Gender : Male

Character Name : Protester (uncredited)

Original Name : Fabien Hagège

Gender : Male

Character Name : Technician (uncredited)

Original Name : Lola Ingrid Le Roch

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Matthieu Dessertine

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Roman Kané

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emile

Original Name : Monsieur Fraize

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Tanya Lopert

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-07-20

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.