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Le Mepris (15)

Le Mepris (15)

Drama

Screenwriter Paul Javal's marriage to his wife Camille disintegrates during movie production as she spends time with the producer. Layered conflicts between art and business ensue.


The critical consensus

It has a reputation as one of Godard’s key works, but there is an argument that it has not aged well. Still, its uningratiating deconstructions of cinema and sex make for a fierce watch.

****(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 01/01/2016

The miracle here is that for all its use of irony and self-reflexive devices, Le Mepris still ends up with a considerable emotional punch.

*****Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 01/01/2016

It may be more than 50 years old but this still feels modern and playful in its love of cinema and as a portrait of a crumbling marriage. If you want to know the cinema of Godard, then this is a great place to start.

****(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 02/01/2016

Brigitte Bardot reminds us what all the fuss was about, alongside Jack Palance and Michel Piccoli, in this restored version of Godard’s 1963 classic.

*****Jonathan Romney, The Observer, 03/01/2016

A timeless tale of the death of love, told amidst ruins, 1963’s Le Mépris (Contempt) is French New Wave pioneer Jean-Luc Godard’s most accessible work and one of his most personally revealing.

*****Emma Simmonds, The List, 28/12/2015


Features about Le Mepris (15)

Le Mepris: How Jean-Luc Godard turned cash and chaos into beauty

John Patterson, The Guardian, 04/01/2016

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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