Torture is so monotonous and sad...

clip from "Le Petit Soldat" by Jean-Luc Godard. The context is the Algerian War of Independence. Here the FLN tortures the protaganist to learn who he was calling before being captured(his lover, a secret FLN agent). As the revolutionary mentions, the French also used torture extensively in their anti-"terrorist" activities

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• Godard
• Torture
• Waterboarding
• Algerian
• War

[fiifine]

9:21 He doesnt say "47" but "43" It's important because WW2 was finished in 47 ;)

[MartialartsDog]

I would have tortured these FLN guys if I was in this war!

[109281080]

Or perhaps it was composed by Maurice Laroux but with some Beethovenian gestures? If so, well done, M. Laroux.

[109281080]

Really powerful scene. Does anyone know the name of the music playing starting ca 00:24? It sounds awfully familiar (Beethoven?), but I can't quite place it.

[Latap333]

Come on children. Play nice and be polite

[frankbooth64]

It's Godard's Le Petit Soldat. It's just a very bad transfer, possibly bootleg. His films typically look great --- look up the trailer for Contempt for an example.

If you don't know Godard, start with this, or Alphaville or Contempt. Some of his stuff can be very off-putting, since he likes to deliberately alienate the audience. I made the mistake of beginning with his work from the Eighties, and I hated him for years.

[SexyManatee2121]

This is really good. At first I thought it might be a movie, but then I saw the quality and figured it was a home movie. What is this? It's very good.

[AekAmir]

go scrue yourself

[Slaying350]

I disagree with everything you just said elevenDi.

[elevenDi]

have you evolved since you bench of french idiots! you know why you lost it because your wifes slapes you a lot!