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  1. 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.

  2. Contempt: Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. With Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll. A French writer's marriage deteriorates while working on Fritz Lang's version of "The Odyssey", as his wife accuses him of using her to court favor with the film's brash American producer.

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    • Drama, Romance
    • Jean-Luc Godard
    • 1964-12-18
  3. 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 (Fritz Lang) and ...

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    • Brigitte Bardot
    • Jean-Luc Godard
    • Drama
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  5. The film is about a failed playwright (Michel Piccoli) who is hired by a corrupt American producer (Jack Palance) to work on the script of a movie by a great veteran director (Fritz Lang, playing himself).

  6. 1h 43m 1964. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A film production of The Odyssey causes friction in a marriage. Cast & Crew. Read More. Jean-luc Godard. Director. Brigitte Bardot. Camille Javal. Jack Palance. Jeremy Prokosch. Michel Piccoli. Paul Javal. Giorgia Moll.

    • Jean-Luc Godard, Charles Bitsch
    • Brigitte Bardot
  7. Dec 9, 2002 · By Phillip Lopate. Essays —. Dec 9, 2002. C ontempt, one of Jean-Luc Godard’s greatest masterpieces, has a stately air that breaks with the filmmaker’s earlier, throwaway, hit-and-run manner, as though he were this time allowing himself to aim for cinematic sublimity.

  8. 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.

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