FILM SOCIALISM

By Jean-Luc GODARD

WILD BUNCH - as DISTR

Drama - Completed 2009


Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2010
Un Certain Regard
    • Year of production
    • 2009
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • FRANCE
    • Languages
    • FRENCH
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 101 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Jean-Luc GODARD
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/0234-4A8B-3642-EF34-3ADB-M
    • Producer(s)
    • Vega FILM
    • Synopsis
    • A symphony in three movements. Things such as: The Mediterranean, a cruise ship. Numerous conversations, in numerous languages, between the passengers, almost all of whom are on holiday... An old man, a war criminal (German, French, American we don't know) accompanied by his granddaughter. A famous French philosopher (Alain Badiou). A representative of the Moscow police, detective branch.
      An American singer (Patti Smith). An old French policeman. A fired female United Nations officer.
      A former double agent. A Palestinian ambassador. It's a matter of gold, as it was before with the Argonauts, but what is seen (the image) is very different from what is heard (the word). Our humanities. Visits to six sites of true or false myths: Egypt, Palestine, Odessa, Hellas, Naples and Barcelona.
      Our Europe. At night, a sister and her younger brother have summoned their parents to appear before the court of their childhood. One of the parents in fact has to appear on television to stand as a candidate in the local elections at... The children demand serious explications of the themes of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.