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CONTEMPT

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Drama | 103 MIN | FRANCE

Screenwriter Paul Javal’s marriage to his wife Camille disintegrates during movie production as she spends time with the producer. Layered conflicts between art and business ensue.

DIRECTOR:
Jean-Luc Godard

CAST:
Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang, Michel Piccoli

AWARDS:
Cahiers du Cinéma (Notebooks on Cinema) – Won, Best Film

JEAN-LUC GODARD’S radiant, ambiguous, serenely perverse “Contempt”

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