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Oh, Woe Is Me

1993 · 1h 35m · N/A Comedy, Drama
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard

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This complex allegorical tale tells the story of man’s quest for spiritual meaning. When God enters the body of 1980s filmmaker Simon Donnadieu, his wife Rachel realizes that something has gone awry, but chooses to remain faithful to her erratically-behaving husband.

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It will be a surprise to anyone who thinks of Jean-Luc Godard as a cold and cerebral film maker. Here he is warm and cerebral, and more quietly provocative than he has been in years.

Caryn James, New York Times
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No one else makes films so alive with ideas or executed with as much daring, beauty or humor.

Hal Hinson, Washington Post
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Jean-Luc Godard's most spiritual film is also his most opaque.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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