First Name: Carmen (Cine Fan)
Genre
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
Release Date
27 May 2023 (Sat)
Category
III (HK), ---(Macau)
Running Time
88 Minutes
Language
French
Subtitle
Chinese and English
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Cast
Isabelle Huppert, Hanna Schygulla, Michel Piccoli
Synopsis
In this modernist version (set to music by Beethoven, not Bizet), Carmen reincarnates as a terrorist driven to bank robbery, and Don José is Joseph, a security guard who falls in love with her during the hold-up. Godard himself plays Carmen’s uncle Jean, a sick, washed-up filmmaker languishing in a lunatic asylum. Interspersed with interludes of a string quartet rehearsing the Beethoven works, it is another Godardian essay in sound and images, which tells a seriously funny story of love and death that recalls Pierrot le Fou with its apocalyptic finale.
Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion for Best Film and Technical Prize
Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion for Best Film and Technical Prize
In this modernist version (set to music by Beethoven, not Bizet), Carmen reincarnates as a terrorist driven to bank robbery, and Don José is Joseph, a security guard who falls in love with her during the hold-up. Godard himself plays Carmen’s uncle Jean, a sick, washed-up filmmaker languishing in a lunatic asylum. Interspersed with interludes of a string quartet rehearsing the Beethoven works, it is another Godardian essay in sound and images, which tells a seriously funny story of love and death that recalls Pierrot le Fou with its apocalyptic finale.
Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion for Best Film and Technical Prize
Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion for Best Film and Technical Prize
