France 1963 | 100 min. | French | Subtitles: Hebrew, English
16+ Age
Jean-Luc Godard’s Le Mépris (Contempt) stands as one of the defining masterpieces of the French New Wave – a lyrical and piercing reflection on the fragile relationship between art, love, and cinema itself. Michel Piccoli plays a screenwriter facing a marital crisis while adapting The Odyssey for a grand Hollywood production directed by Fritz Lang (playing himself). Brigitte Bardot, at the height of her stardom, portrays his wife. Through the tension between artist and producer, man and woman, Europe and America, Godard examines the very essence of filmmaking – where passion and betrayal, beauty and commerce, are inseparable.
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Country
France
Writers
Jean-Luc Godard
Actors
Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli
Production
Georges de Bauregard, Carlo Ponti, Joseph E. Levine
Music
Georges Delerue, Piero Piccioni
Cinematography
Raoul Coutard
Source
Institut Francais, Israel
