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Contempt ()

Le mépris (original title)
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A French writer's marriage deteriorates while working on Fritz Lang's version of "The Odyssey", as his wife accuses him of using her to court favor with the film's brash American producer.
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Camille Javal
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Paul Javal
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Jeremy Prokosch
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Francesca Vanini
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Fritz Lang
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Cameraman (uncredited)
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Lang's Assistant Director (uncredited)
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Siren (uncredited)

Directed by

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Jean-Luc Godard

Written by

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Alberto Moravia ... (novel "Il Disprezzo")
 
Jean-Luc Godard ... (screenplay) (uncredited)

Produced by

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Georges de Beauregard ... producer
Joseph E. Levine ... producer (uncredited)
Carlo Ponti ... producer

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Georges Delerue
Piero Piccioni

Cinematography by

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Raoul Coutard

Editing by

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Agnès Guillemot
Lila Lakshmanan ... (uncredited)

Costume Design by

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Tanine Autré ... (uncredited)

Makeup Department

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Odette Berroyer ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Philippe Dussart ... production manager
Carlo Lastricati ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Charles L. Bitsch ... assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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William Robert Sivel ... sound (as William Sivel)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Cristo Verrillo ... electrician
Joe D'Amato ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Jicky Dussart ... still photographer (uncredited)
Alain Levent ... director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
Roger Robert ... grip (uncredited)

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Suzanne Schiffman ... script girl (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Annie Chauvet ... publicist (uncredited)
Bertrand Tavernier ... publicist (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Not satisfied with the script for his new movie, producer Jeremy Prokosch hires screenwriter Paul Javal to write a new one. Javal seems oblivious to Prokosch's obvious interest in Javal's pretty wife Camille. As Javal becomes ever more engrossed in writing the screenplay, Camille comes to resent him, thinking her husband is pushing her into the producer's arms for his own benefit. Written by garykmcd

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Taglines Bardot at her bold, bare and brazen best! Reveling in Rome, cavorting in Capri...jolting even the jaded international jet-set in her pursuit of love! [UK Theatrical] See more »
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Also Known As
  • Il disprezzo (Italy)
  • Contempt (Canada, English title)
  • Contempt (United States)
  • Contempt (Israel, English title)
  • Le Mépris (South Africa, English title)
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  • 103 min
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Budget $900,000 (estimated)

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Trivia Jean-Luc Godard had been curious about making a big budget production. He later confessed that he hated making the film. See more »
Goofs It is possible that all "mistakes" in the film that involve visible equipment are intentional, or at least intentionally uncorrected: the film, after all, is about the artificiality of making a film, and the initial credit sequence shows filmmakers shooting the film itself. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Bande-annonce de 'Le mépris' (1963). See more »
Crazy Credits The opening cast and crew credits are read by Jean-Luc Godard, without any accompanying titles. See more »
Quotes Paul Javal: After dinner we'll see a movie. It'll give me ideas.
Camille Javal: Use your own ideas instead of stealing them from everyone else.
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