Film socialisme (2010)

Director:

Jean-Luc Godard

Writers:

Jean-Luc Godard (written by)
Roland Dubillard (additional material)
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Release Date:

19 May 2010 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

La liberté coûte cher (Freedom is expensive)

Plot:

A symphony in three movements. Things such as a Mediterranean cruise, numerous conversations, in numerous languages...

Plot Keywords:

Cruise | Palestine | Jewish People | Geometry | Resentment

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Jean-Marc Stehlé	...	Otto Goldberg (segment "Des choses comme ça") (as J. M. Stehlé)
Agatha Couture	...	Alissa (segment "Des choses comme ça") (as A. Couture)
Mathias Domahidy	...	Mathias (segment "Des choses comme ça") (as M. Domahidy)
Quentin Grosset	...	Ludovic (segment "Des choses comme ça") (as Q. Grosset)
Olga Riazanova	...	Olga - Russian secret agent (segment "Des choses comme ça") (as O. Riazanova)
Maurice Sarfati	...	(segment "Des choses comme ça") (as M. Sarfati)
Patti Smith	...	Herself - Singer (segment "Des choses comme ça") (as P. Smith)
Lenny Kaye	...	Himself - Guitarist (segment "Des choses comme ça") (as L. Kaye)
Bernard Maris	...	Himself - Economist (segment "Des choses comme ça") (as B. Maris)
Marie-Christine Bergier	...	Frieda von Salomon (segment "Des choses comme ça") (as M.-C. Bergier)
Nadège Beausson-Diagne	...	Constance (segment "Des choses comme ça") (as N. Beausson)
Bob Maloubier	...	Himself - French secret agent (segment "Des choses comme ça") (as R. Maloubier)
Dominique Devals	...	(segment "Des choses comme ça") (as D. Devals)
Alain Badiou	...	Himself - Lecturer (segment "Des choses comme ça") (as A. Badiou)
Elias Sanbar	...	Himself - Haifan Historian (segment "Des choses comme ça") (as E. Sanbar)
Catherine Tanvier	...	Catherine - Mother (segment "Quo vadis Europa") (as C. Tanvier)
Christian Sinniger	...	Jean-Jacques Martin - Father (segment "Quo vadis Europa") (as C. Sinniger)
Marine Battaggia	...	Florine "Flo" Martin (segment "Quo vadis Europa") (as M. Battaggia)
Gulliver Hecq	...	Lucien "Lulu" Martin (segment "Quo vadis Europa") (as G. Hecq)
E. Anzoni	...	Catherine's friend (segment "Quo vadis Europa")
Élisabeth Vitali	...	France 3 Journalist (segment "Quo vadis Europa") (as E. Vitali)
Eye Haidara	...	France 3 Camerawoman (segment "Quo vadis Europa") (as E. Haidera)
Blandine Bellavoir	...	Female Voice (segment "Nos humanités") (voice) (as B. Bellavoir)
Jean-Michel Fête	...	Male Voice (segment "Nos humanités") (voice) (as J.-M. Fete)
Stéphane Henon	...	Male Voice (segment "Nos humanités") (voice) (as S. Henon)
Odile Schmitt	...	Female Voice (segment "Nos humanités") (voice) (as O. Schmitt)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Louma Sanbar	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Jean-Luc Godard

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Hannah Arendt		additional material (as H. Arendt)
Walter Benjamin		additional material (as W. Benjamin)
Léon Brunschvicg		additional material (as L. Brunschwig)
Jean-Paul Curnier		additional material (as J.-P. Curnier)
Jacques Derrida		additional material (as J. Derrida)
Roland Dubillard		additional material (as R. Dubillard)
Jean Giraudoux		additional material (as J. Giraudoux)
Jean-Luc Godard		written by (as J.-L. Godard)
Jean-Paul Sartre		additional material (as J.-P. Sartre)
Jean Tardieu		additional material (as J. Tardieu)
Otto von Bismarck		additional material (as O. Bismarck)

Produced by
Alain Sarde	....	producer
Ruth Waldburger	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Fabrice Aragno		(as F. Aragno)
Paul Grivas		(as P. Grivas)

Production Management
Jean-Paul Battaggia	....	production manager (as J.-P. Battaggia)

Sound Department
Gabriel Hafner	....	sound mixer (as G. Hafner)
François Musy	....	sound mixer (as F. Musy)

Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Grivas	....	cinematographer: second unit

Other crew
Anne-Marie Miéville	....	collaboration (as A.-M. Miéville)
Renaud Musy	....	collaboration (as R. Musy)
Yousry Nasrallah	....	collaboration (as Y. Nasrallah)
Louma Sanbar	....	collaboration (as L. Sanbar)
Guillermo J. Deisler	....	film laboratory manager (uncredited)
Mathilde Incerti	....	press agent (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Vega Film
• Office Fédéral de la Culture
• Télévision Suisse-Romande (TSR)
• Ville de Genève, La
• Suissimage
• Fonds Regio Films
• Fondation Vaudoise
• George Foundation
• Wild Bunch (co-production)
• Canal+ (co-production)

Distributors

• ArtCam (2010) (Slovenia) (theatrical)
• Bowjapan (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Kino Lorber (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Mongrel Media (2010) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Wild Bunch (2010) (France) (theatrical)
• Delphi Filmverleih Produktion (2010) (Germany) (all media)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2011) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• Imovision (2010) (Brazil) (all media)
• Independenta Film (2010) (Romania) (all media)
• Midas Filmes (2010) (Portugal) (all media)
• New Wave Films (2011) (UK) (all media)
• OMC (2011) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Videorama (2010) (Greece) (all media)
• Wild Side Vidéo (2010) (France) (DVD)

Other Companies

• ECM Records  music (uncredited)

Also Known As:

"Film Socialism" - International (English title) (literal English title)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Switzerland | France

Language:

French | German | English | Italian | Russian | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (as Dolby) | DTS

Certification:

Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Brazil:Livre | Japan:G | Portugal:M/12 | UK:PG | USA:Not Rated | South Korea:15

Company:

Vega Film

Trivia:

The cruise liner used in the film is the ill-fated Costa Concordia, which was shipwrecked so tragically on Friday 13th January 2012 off the coast of Italy.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Himself - Economist (segment "Des choses comme ça"):[dialogue continuity] Money is a public good.
Alissa (segment "Des choses comme ça"):Like water, then?
Himself - Economist (segment "Des choses comme ça"):Exactly.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #2.1" (2011)

Surface glitter hides an empty interior

It was eagerly awaited for years,the trailer which was the whole film in fast motion looked ravishing, and it seemed as if in this,perhaps his last film,Godard would deliver his final testament,a summation of all the themes which have run through his work for the last fifty years.From the beginning it looks absolutely stunning.In its high def cinematography the colours are gorgeous,the Mediterranean setting recalling that of Le Mépris ,but whereas the latter film was a profound meditation on European culture and civilisation,here the characters spout banal platitudes about politics or philosophy as the ship sails along past various cities; in the Spanish section there is a scene of a bullfight,in the Italian section a clip from a Rossellini film,it's that predictable.

In the final section the film switches to one of Godard's favourite subjects,the daily routine of a family with young children who run a petrol station and have for no apparent reason a pet llama.Here finally the film shows some kind of rapport with its characters but it is already too late.Yet despite its faults it still exhibits all the hallmarks of Godard's style,the brilliance of his framing and editing,the crucial way sound plays against image,but the feeling persists that perhaps he has no longer anything to say.