Fresh
He is searching for a point of equilibrium between the made and the found, the ordered and the chaotic -- a point from which to define an aesthetic for the 80s.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
First Name: Carmen
The Revolutionary New Fable of Erotic Destiny from the Director of BREATHLESS and ALPHAVILLE
1983 · 1h 25m · R
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Jean-Luc Godard
Overview
The protagonist is Carmen X, a sexy female member of a terrorist gang. She asks her uncle Jean, a washed-up film director if she can borrow his beachside house to make a film with some friends, but they are in fact planning to rob a bank. During the robbery she falls in love with a security guard. The film intercuts between Carmen's escape with the guard, her uncle's attempt to make a comeback film, and a string quartet attempting to perform Beethoven.
Director and cast
- Jean-Luc Godard Director
- Maruschka Detmers as Carmen X
- Jacques Bonnaffé as Joseph Bonnaffé
- Myriem Roussel as Claire
- Christophe Odent as Le chef
- Jean-Luc Godard as Oncle Jeannot
- Pierre-Alain Chapuis Cast
- Bertrand Liebert as Carmen's Bodyguard
- Alain Bastien-Thiry as Hotel Valet
- Hippolyte Girardot Cast
- Odile Roire Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This, throwaway jokes and all, is Godard back at his most nouvelle vague in years.
Time Out
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