Fresh
Godard frames and edits his shots, moves the camera, uses music, and deploys his actors in ways that still seem radical -- even as several generations of directors since have cribbed and stolen from him.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Vivre Sa Vie
The many faces of a woman trying to find herself.
1962 · 1h 24m · Not Rated
Drama
Directed by
Jean-Luc Godard
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Vivre Sa Vie
Overview
Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.
Director and cast
- Jean-Luc Godard Director
- Anna Karina as Nana Kleinfrankenheim
- Sady Rebbot as Raoul
- André S. Labarthe as Paul
- Guylaine Schlumberger as Yvette
- Gérard Hoffmann as Chef
- Monique Messine as Elisabeth
- Paul Pavel as Journalist
- Dimitri Dineff as Dimitri
- Peter Kassovitz as Young Man
- Eric Schlumberger as Luigi
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Godard mixes titles, unusual use of sound, and long scenes of dialog. He is brilliantly served by his wife, Anna Karina, in this film. Karina gives the girl a ring of truth and depth.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Jean-Luc Godard's fourth film is a heartfelt, headstrong attempt to push his own concept of a deconstructed cinema even further into the stratosphere.
David Fear, Time Out New York
Fresh
Star Anna Karina was in the brutal early rounds of marriage to her director, who was never more doting and egghead-condescending than in this showpiece.
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
Fresh
This 1962 film isn't the most stimulating of Godard's early work, but it does show him beginning to pull away from traditional cutting patterns and sequence arrangement.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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