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Genres:
Drama
Language:
English
Running time:
1:43:14
Partner rating:
NO RATING
Released:

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Brigitte Bardot Camille Javal
  2. Jack Palance Jeremy Prokosch
  3. Michel Piccoli Paul Javal
  4. Giorgia Moll Francesca Vanini
  5. Fritz Lang Himself
  6. Linda Véras Siren
  7. Raoul Coutard Cameraman

Directors

  1. Jean-Luc Godard

Producers

  1. Georges de Beauregard
  2. Carlo Ponti
  3. Joseph E. Levine

Writers

  1. Jean-Luc Godard

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Contempt


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Contempt is the story of the end of a marriage. Camille (Brigitte Bardot) falls out of love with her husband Paul (Michel Piccoli) while he is rewriting the screenplay Odyssey by American producer Jeremiah Prokosch (Jack Palance). Just as the director of Prokosch's film, Fritz Lang, says that The Odyssey is the story of individuals confronting their situations in a real world, Le Mépris itself is an examination of the position of the filmmaker... Contempt is the story of the end of a marriage. Camille (Brigitte Bardot) falls out of love with her husband Paul (Michel Piccoli) while he is rewriting the screenplay Odyssey by American producer Jeremiah Prokosch (Jack Palance). Just as the director of Prokosch's film, Fritz Lang, says that The Odyssey is the story of individuals confronting their situations in a real world, Le Mépris itself is an examination of the position of the filmmaker in the commercial cinema. Godard himself was facing this situation in the production of Le Mépris. Italian producer Carlo Ponti had given him the biggest budget of his career, and he found himself working with a star of Bardot's magnitude for the first time.
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Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

93%Tomatometer score: 93% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Positive review
    Ty Burr, Boston Globe What's the price of selling out? Contempt asks the question of its characters, its audience, and its own director. Full review External link
  2. Negative review
    Bosley Crowther, New York Times Godard sets interesting scenes, with provocative color combinations and a suggestive pictorial flow. But out of it all comes nothing -- or very little that tells you why this wife is so... Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader I would argue that Godard's eclecticism must be acknowledged and understood before one can genuinely appreciate the film. Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    Charles Taylor, Salon.com It emerges as one of Godard's most emotional films. Full review External link
  5. Positive review
    Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle This one has too much forced intellectualism to it, even though it is an engrossing time capsule.
  6. Positive review
    Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle It takes its artistic agenda seriously, but also luxuriates in the sensuality and plasticity of film images. Full review External link

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