Le petit soldat, [Productions Georges de Beauregard ; Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC) ; produced by Georges de Beauregard ; written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard]
Type
Label
Le petit soldat, [Productions Georges de Beauregard ; Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC) ; produced by Georges de Beauregard ; written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard]
Language
fre
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rating: Not rated
Main title
Le petit soldat
Oclc number
1128831562
Responsibility statement
[Productions Georges de Beauregard ; Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC) ; produced by Georges de Beauregard ; written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard]
Runtime
88
Series statement
Criterion collection, 1010
Summary
"Before his convention-shattering debut, Breathless, had even premiered, Jean-Luc Godard leapt into the making of his second feature, a thriller that would tackle the most controversial subject in France: the use of torture in the Algerian War. Despite his lack of political convictions, a photojournalist Bruno Forestier (Michel Subor) is roped into a paramilitary group waging a shadow war in Geneva against the Algerian independence movement. Anna Karina (in her first collaboration with Godard, whose camera is visibly besotted with her) is beguiling as the mysterious woman with whom Forrestier becomes infatuated. Banned for two and a half years by French censors for its depiction of brutal tactics on the part of the French government and the Algerian fighters alike, Le petit soldat finds the young Godard already retooling cinema as a vehicle for existential inquiry, political argument, and ephemeral portraiture--in other words, as a medium for delivering 'truth twenty-four times per second'"--Container
Technique
live action
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Little soldier
Contributor
- Société nouvelle de cinématographie
- Elliott, Nicholas
- Szabó, László, 1936-
- Subor, Michel, 1935-
- Karina, Anna, 1940-2019
- Beauregard, Georges de
- Beauvais, Paul, (Actor)
- Huet, Henri-Jacques
- Trintignant, Nadine
- Herman, Lila
- Guillemot, Agnès, 1931-
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Le Roux, Maurice
- Godard, Jean-Luc, 1930-2022
- Coutard, Raoul
Subject
- Assassination -- France -- Drama
- Photojournalists -- France -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Military deserters -- France -- Drama
- Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 -- Drama
- War films
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- France -- Social conditions -- 1945-1995 -- Drama
- Torture -- France -- Drama
- Nationalism -- France -- Drama
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- Société nouvelle de cinématographie
- Elliott, Nicholas
- Szabó, László, 1936-
- Subor, Michel, 1935-
- Karina, Anna, 1940-2019
- Beauregard, Georges de
- Beauvais, Paul, (Actor)
- Huet, Henri-Jacques
- Trintignant, Nadine
- Herman, Lila
- Guillemot, Agnès, 1931-
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Le Roux, Maurice
- Godard, Jean-Luc, 1930-2022
- Coutard, Raoul
- Genre3
- Subject11
- Assassination -- France -- Drama
- Photojournalists -- France -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Military deserters -- France -- Drama
- Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 -- Drama
- War films
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- France -- Social conditions -- 1945-1995 -- Drama
- Torture -- France -- Drama
- Nationalism -- France -- Drama
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