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Jean-Luc Godard

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Passion: MPAA rating: RFirst name: Carmen = Prénom Carmen: Not ratedDetective: Not ratedOh, woe is me = Hélas pour moi: Not rated

Jean-Luc Godard

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Passion: Uninspired and overbudget, a bored Polish film director who is shooting a tedious movie in France, begins simultaneous love affairs with two very different women--Hanna, the owner of the hotel where his film crew stays, and Isabelle, a factory worker fired by Hanna's husbandFirst name, Carmen = Prénom Carmen: A satirical black comedy that winks at Mérimée's classic, a famous director pretends to be ill in a mental institution but is actually trying to avoid making films. He is enlisted by his niece Carmen who wants his empty apartment as a hideaway for a bank robbery she and her friends are about to commitDetective: Godard's pastiche of genres from romance and gangster films to slapstick, melodrama, crime stories and film noir incorporates several stories set in one Parisian hotel, featuring a hotel detective and assistant, a fight promoter having an affair, and a Mafia chieftainOh, woe is me = Hélas pour moi: A surrealistic modern take on the Greek myth where Zeus descends to earth to seduce a woman by disguising himself as her husband. Simon, the husband of Rachel, is targeted by a cruel God determined to experience real love

disc 1. Passion / France 2 Cinema ; Alain Sarde presents a film by Jean-Luc Godard ; a Franco Swiss co-production ; Sara Films ; Sonimage ; Films A2 (Paris) ; Film Et Video Productions (Suisse) (ca. 88 min.). First name, Carmen = Prénom Carmen / France 2 Cinema ; [presented by] Alain Sarde ; a co-production Sara Films, J.L.G. Films, Films A2 ; screenplay by Anne-Marie Mieville ; directed by Jean-Luc Godard (ca. 85 min.) -- disc 2. Detective / Alain Sarde presents a film by Jean-Luc Godard ; screenplay by Alain Sarde & Philippe Setbon ; adapted by Anne-Marie Mieville & Jean-Luc Godard ; produced by Alain Sarde & Christine Gozlan ; directed by Jean-Luc Godard (ca. 98 min.) -- disc 3. Oh, woe is me = Hélas pour moi / Alain Sarde and Ruth Waldburger present a film by Jean-Luc Godard ; produced by Les Films Alain Sarde, Vega Films, Peripheria and La Télévision suisse romande (T.S.R.) with the participation of Département féderal de l'interieur, Cofimage 4 and Investimage 4 and with the participation of Canal+ (ca. 83 min.)

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live action