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The Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company
The Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company
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THE RISE AND FALL OF A SMALL FILM COMPANY

Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Switzerland, France, 1986
Avant-Garde, Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

Synopsis

Godard delivers a typically dense, philosophical, and formally freewheeling meditation on the cinema, acting, and the paradoxical relationship between truth and deception in art. A war of words between director, producer and actress during the production of a cheap television film.

Synopsis

Godard delivers a typically dense, philosophical, and formally freewheeling meditation on the cinema, acting, and the paradoxical relationship between truth and deception in art. A war of words between director, producer and actress during the production of a cheap television film.

Our take

A Godard film with Jean-Pierre Léaud you didn’t know existed? Yes. Originally commissioned for French TV—and broadcast only once in 30 years—this is a playfully forlorn ode to the B-side of showbiz from its greatest saboteur. A new restoration has given this ’86 jewel the cinematic life it deserves.