Fresh
Godard has chosen a subject on which to exercise his style. The result is one of his most successful films, and, incidentally, one easier to understand and enjoy than his later work.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Overview
During a war in an imaginary country, unscrupulous soldiers recruit poor farmers with promises of an easy and happy life. Two of these farmers write to their wives of their exploits.
Director and cast
- Jean-Luc Godard Director
- Marino Masé as Ulysses (as Marino Mase)
- Patrice Moullet as Michel-Ange (as Albert Juross)
- Geneviève Galéa as Venus
- Catherine Ribeiro as Cleopatre
- Barbet Schroeder as Car salesman
- Albert Juross as Michel-Ange
- Gérard Poirot as Le 1er carabinier
- Jean Brassat as Le 2ème carabinier
- Alvaro Gheri as Le 3ème carabinier
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Jean-Luc Godard set out in 1963 to deliberately make a war film that would be neither dramatically involving nor formally compelling -- and he succeeded so brilliantly that the film was seen as a disaster.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Rotten
This offhand exercise, made back in 1962 by one of the kings of the then New Wave, popped up early last night at the festival, for absolutely no discernible reason.
New York Times
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