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The Little Soldier

1963 · 1h 27m · Not Rated Drama, Romance
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard

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Despite his lack of political convictions, photojournalist Bruno Forestier is roped into a paramilitary group waging a shadow war in Geneva against the Algerian independence movement.

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81%
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Fresh

Even this early in his career, Godard knew how to make audiences viscerally experience and contemplate things they might otherwise not have wanted to.

Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
Fresh

It's a classic espionage plot shot through with a typically heady mix of art and literary references: Klee and Velazquez, Bach and Haydn, Bernanos and Musil.

Scott Foundas, Village Voice
Fresh

Gradually it becomes clearer that, starting with Le Petit Soldat, Godard was forging his own individualistic art and becoming the most relevant director of our time.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten

ubor's contemplative voice-over and Raoul Coutard's somber cinematography make this seem severe compared to the jazzy exuberance of Breathless.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh

Looked at in the context of Godard's later, militant work, this film's analysis is at once naive and fascinating.

Time Out

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