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Contempt (French: Le Mépris) is a 1963 French New Wave drama film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, based on the 1954 Italian novel Il disprezzo (A Ghost at Noon) by Alberto Moravia. It stars Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang, and Giorgia Moll.
A writer's marriage suffers as he works on a film adaptation of The Odyssey with a brash producer and a legendary director. IMDb provides cast and crew, reviews, trivia, awards, and more for this classic Godard film.
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- Drama, Romance
- Jean-Luc Godard
- 1964-12-18
Advertise With Us. Scenes from a marital breakdown between screenwriter (Michel Piccoli) and his wife (Brigitte Bardot), as both become enmeshed in the behind-the-camera struggles of a director ...
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- Brigitte Bardot
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Drama
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A classic French drama directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Brigitte Bardot and Jack Palance. The film is based on a novel by Alberto Moravia and depicts the conflicts of a film production of The Odyssey and a troubled marriage.
- Jean-Luc Godard, Charles Bitsch
- Brigitte Bardot
Contempt is a 1963 film by Jean-Luc Godard that explores the themes of art, love, and cinema. It features Brigitte Bardot, Fritz Lang, and Jack Palance in a story of a screenwriter adapting The Odyssey.
- Camille Javal
Contempt (Aka Le Mepris) (English Subtitled) A screenwriter adapting Homer’s Odyssey for cinema is torn between the demands of a proud European director to whom he wishes to be loyal to; a crude, arrogant American producer; his disillusioned wife Camille; and his own self-respect. 442 IMDb 7.5 1 h 43 min 1964. 13+. Drama · Romance.
Dec 9, 2002 · Contempt is a 1963 film by Jean-Luc Godard that explores the themes of art, love and betrayal in the context of a troubled film production. It features Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance and Fritz Lang, and is considered one of the greatest works of post-war European cinema.