Tout va bien (1972)

Directors:

Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Pierre Gorin

Writers:

Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Pierre Gorin

Release Date:

16 February 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Godard examines the structure of movies, relationships and revolutions through the life of a couple in Paris.

Plot Keywords:

Revolution | 1960s | Factory | Supermarket | Communist

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Yves Montand	...	Him, Jacques
Jane Fonda	...	Her, Suzanne
Vittorio Caprioli	...	Factory Manager
Elizabeth Chauvin	...	Genevieve
Castel Casti	...	Geneviève
Éric Chartier	...	Lucien
Louis Bugette		(as Bugette)
Yves Gabrielli	...	Léon (as Yves Gabrieli)
Pierre Oudrey	...	Frederic
Jean Pignol	...	Delegate
Anne Wiazemsky	...	Leftist woman
Marcel Gassouk
Didier Gaudron
Michel Marot
Hugette Mieville
Luce Marneux
Natalie Simon
Cristiana Tullio-Altan		(as Chris Tullio)
Ibrahim Seck
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eric Charden	...	Himself
Guy Lelarge	...	Jaques

Directed by
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Pierre Gorin

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Pierre Gorin

Produced by
Jacques Dorfmann	....	associate producer
Jean-Pierre Rassam	....	executive producer
Jean-Pierre Rassam	....	producer

Original Music by
Paul Beuscher

Cinematography by
Armand Marco

Film Editing by
Claudine Merlin
Kenout Peltier

Production Design by
Jacques Dugied

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Isabelle Pons	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Antoine Bonfanti	....	sound
Bernard Ortion	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Yves Agostini	....	first assistant camera
Anne-Marie Miéville	....	still photographer

Music Department
Jean-Michel Rivat	....	musician

Production Companies

• Anouchka Films
• Vieco Films
• Empire Films (co-production)

Distributors

• Gaumont (1972) (France) (theatrical)
• New Yorker Films (1973) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Studio Films (Australia) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Arrow Films (2007) (UK) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Silver Screen (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• The Other Cinema (UK)

Also Known As:

"Everything's All Right" - USA (informal literal English title)

Runtime:

USA:95 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Hong Kong:III | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11

Company:

Anouchka Films

Movie Connections:

Referenced in La jouissance des hystériques (2000)

Soundtrack:

Il y'a du soleil sur la France

a film we should learn from in these dark days

Godard work sometimes is not entirely understood. having seen most of his films i must say the this film is one of the more comprehensible of the lot. To my understanding it deals with an important issue of the postmodern graded. the issue of how to react to the capitalist society in which we live in. Being disappointed from the communist party, as well as the worker's unions which turned their backs to the working class, the people are left with no alternative but to commence a revolution, one that uses force, one that shakes the basis of society. He also shows how the burglar reporters and film creator as a representing free mind are also been exploited by the capitalist regime and their creative spirits is dying. for the the solution is to continue creating at all cost. to bring the cry of the people, to help the coming revolution. The last scene at the supermarket is quite fantastic, and it shows the decay of the great ideas (a communist part member sells his book at a discount price but doesn't know what's written there, and the youth that stand up to the society rules and help people to leave the supermarket and not pay). I strongly recommend this movie, although you need some patience with Godard's worth the time.