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Overview
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Release Date:
23 August 1985 (USA)
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Plot:
In a palace of Paris. Two detectives are investigating a two-years-old murder. Emile and Francoise Chenal are putting pressure on Jim Fox Warner...
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Awards:
2 wins
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1 nomination
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NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Laurent Terzieff obituary
(From The Guardian - Film News. 21 July 2010, 11:00 AM, PDT)
Interview: Julie Delpy
(From ioncinema. 6 August 2007)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 21 July 2010, 11:00 AM, PDT)
Interview: Julie Delpy
(From ioncinema. 6 August 2007)
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Why did I like this late middle period Godard!?
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Cast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Laurent Terzieff | ... | William Prospero |
| Aurelle Doazan | ... | Arielle |
 | Jean-Pierre Léaud | ... | Inspector Neveu |
 | Nathalie Baye | ... | Françoise Chenal |
| Claude Brasseur | ... | Emile Chenal |
 | Johnny Hallyday | ... | Jim Fox Warner |
| Alain Cuny | ... | Old Mafioso |
| Xavier Saint-Macary | ... | Accountant |
| Pierre Bertin | ... | Young Son |
| Alexandra Garijo | ... | Young Daughter |
| Stéphane Ferrara | ... | Tiger Jones |
 | Emmanuelle Seigner | ... | Princess of the Bahamas |
| Eugène Berthier | ... | Old manager |
 | Julie Delpy | ... | Wise young girl |
| Cyrille Dajinckourt | ... | La fille |
| Ann-Gisel Glass | ... | Anne |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Cyrille Autin | ... | Punk groupie (uncredited) |
 | Erich von Stroheim | ... | Arthur von Furst (archive footage) (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Jean-Luc Godard | |||
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| Alain Sarde | (screenplay) & | |
| Philippe Setbon | (screenplay) | |
| Jean-Luc Godard | (adaptation) & | |
| Anne-Marie Miéville | (adaptation) | |
| Richard Debuisne | uncredited | |
Produced by | |||
| Christine Gozlan | .... | producer | |
| Alain Sarde | .... | producer | |
Cinematography by | |||
| Louis Bihi | |||
| Pierre Novion | |||
| Bruno Nuytten | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Marilyne Dubreuil | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Jean-Pierre Eychenne | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Reynald Calcagni | .... | production manager | |
| Christine Gozlan | .... | production manager | |
Sound Department | |||
| Bernard Chaumeil | .... | sound | |
| Pierre Gamet | .... | sound | |
| Bernard Leroux | .... | sound | |
| François Musy | .... | sound | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Christian Weyers | .... | gaffer | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Philippe Tourret | .... | color timer | |
Music Department | |||
| Emmanuel Chabrier | .... | music: "Joyeuse marche" | |
| Frédéric Chopin | .... | music | |
| Ornette Coleman | .... | music | |
| Arthur Honegger | .... | music | |
| Franz Liszt | .... | music | |
| Franz Schubert | .... | music | |
| Jean Schwarz | .... | music | |
| Richard Wagner | .... | music: "Rienzi: Overture" | |
Thanks | |||
| Clint Eastwood | .... | dedicatee | |
| Edgar G. Ulmer | .... | dedicatee | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Acteurs Auteurs Associés (AAA) (1985) (France) (theatrical)
- Artificial Eye (1993) (UK) (VHS)
- International Spectrafilm (USA) (subtitled)
- Optimum Releasing (2005) (UK) (DVD) (as Optimum Home Entertainment)
- Raro Video (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
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95 min
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Jean-Luc Godard dedicated the film to John Cassavetes, Edgar G. Ulmer and Clint Eastwood.See more »
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Old Mafioso:We're not in one of those little French films, where the actors believe talking is thinking.See more »
Movie Connections:
Features The Lost Squadron (1932)See more »
Soundtrack:
RienziSee more »
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Wow, this is difficult. Why did I like this late middle period Godard!? I think what it is, is that at the start I was struggling with what seemed a complicated narrative and gradually became captivated by the performers (or stars as Godard clearly describes them in the opening credits). The plot, or plots, involve the solving of a motiveless murder two years previously and two people trying to get money back from a boxing promoter who owes the mafia. Except that although vaguely setting up these 'narratives', Godard seems to have no intention of developing them; instead we find ourselves interacting with the 'stars'. It does not work well all the time, to someone who is not French anyway, but there are many super sequences, much charm, lots of humour and even some eroticism. Always well shot, this has a super cool look to it and occasionally the dialogue truly sparkles. Don't seek the story, just the people and enjoy.