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Contempt

Original title: Le mépris
  • 1963
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
34K
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Brigitte Bardot, Fritz Lang, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, and Michel Piccoli in Contempt (1963)
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Screenwriter Paul Javal's marriage to his wife Camille disintegrates during movie production as she spends time with the producer. Layered conflicts between art and business ensue.Screenwriter Paul Javal's marriage to his wife Camille disintegrates during movie production as she spends time with the producer. Layered conflicts between art and business ensue.Screenwriter Paul Javal's marriage to his wife Camille disintegrates during movie production as she spends time with the producer. Layered conflicts between art and business ensue.

  • Director
    • Jean-Luc Godard
  • Writers
    • Alberto Moravia
    • Jean-Luc Godard
  • Stars
    • Brigitte Bardot
    • Jack Palance
    • Michel Piccoli
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    34K
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    • Director
      • Jean-Luc Godard
    • Writers
      • Alberto Moravia
      • Jean-Luc Godard
    • Stars
      • Brigitte Bardot
      • Jack Palance
      • Michel Piccoli
    • 147User reviews
    • 147Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

    Videos3

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    Brigitte Bardot in Contempt (1963)
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    Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, and Michel Piccoli in Contempt (1963)
    Brigitte Bardot and Michel Piccoli in Contempt (1963)
    Brigitte Bardot in Contempt (1963)
    Brigitte Bardot in Contempt (1963)
    Brigitte Bardot and Michel Piccoli in Contempt (1963)
    Brigitte Bardot and Jack Palance in Contempt (1963)
    Fritz Lang in Contempt (1963)
    Brigitte Bardot in Contempt (1963)
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    Brigitte Bardot
    Brigitte Bardot
    • Camille Javal
    Jack Palance
    Jack Palance
    • Jeremy Prokosch
    Michel Piccoli
    Michel Piccoli
    • Paul Javal
    Giorgia Moll
    Giorgia Moll
    • Francesca Vanini
    Fritz Lang
    Fritz Lang
    • Fritz Lang
    Raoul Coutard
    Raoul Coutard
    • Cameraman
    • (uncredited)
    Jean-Luc Godard
    Jean-Luc Godard
    • Lang's Assistant Director
    • (uncredited)
    Linda Veras
    Linda Veras
    • Siren
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jean-Luc Godard
    • Writers
      • Alberto Moravia
      • Jean-Luc Godard(uncredited)
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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.
    • 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.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: "The cinema," said André Bazin, "substitutes for our gaze at a world more in harmony with our desires." "Contempt" is a story of that world.

    • Crazy credits
      The opening cast credits are read, without titles.
    • Connections
      Edited into Bande-annonce de 'Le mépris' (1963)

    User reviews147

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    Godard's mesmerizing take on mainstream Hollywood and the loss of love; interesting stuff; brilliantly presented!
    This lush, stylish story of a disintegrating couple's interactions with a grotesque Hollywood producer give Godard a chance to examine and present his views on the internationalization of Hollywood in the sixties, broken relationships and the state of the filmmaker's art. It's all beautifully evoked in CinemaScope by cinematographer Raoul Coutard, with a dream cast (Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli and legendary director Fritz Lang) and solemn music by Georges Auric. Among the most interesting aspects of the movie is how much of a "Godard" film this production eventually turns out to be in spite of the director's attempt to go for a more mainstream product. Visually arresting, intellectually stimulating and one of the great mid-century, art-house classics. It's great to see this picture given the "Criterion treatment" on DVD!
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    • Dec 19, 2002

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 18, 1964 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Italy
    • Languages
      • French
      • English
      • German
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Prezir
    • Filming locations
      • Isle of Capri, Naples, Campania, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Rome Paris Films
      • Les Films Concordia
      • Compagnia Cinematografica Champion
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $900,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $903,986
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $14,826
      • Mar 16, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $920,316
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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