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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
Paul's wife, Camille Javal, joins him on the first day of the project at Cinecittà. As the first discussions are completed, Prokosch invites the crew to join him at his villa, offering Camille a ride in his two-seat sportscar.
Feb 26, 2008 · Cast: Brigitte Bardot (Camille Javal), Michel Piccoli (Paul Javal), Jack Palance (Jeremy Prokosch), Giorgia Moll (Francesca Vanini), Fritz Lang (Himself). C-102m. Letterboxed.
- Jean-Luc Godard, Charles Bitsch
- Brigitte Bardot
Dec 9, 2002 · In assessing the film, much depends on whether one regards the director’s sympathies as balanced between the couple, or as one-sidedly male. Some women friends of mine, feminists, report that they can only see the male point of view in Contempt: they regard Bardot’s Camille as scarcely a character, only a projection of male desire and mistrust.
Dec 20, 2020 · Brigitte Bardot stars as a figure of indecipherable beauty, Paul’s wife Camille. Godard initially wanted to cast Kim Novak and Frank Sinatra as the leads, even forced by producer Carlo Ponti to consider the iconic pair of Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni at one point.
Draft in accomplished playwright turned screenwriter "Paul" (Michel Piccoli) to liven things up. $10k is his fee and that will be enough to complete the renovations on the flat he shares with wife "Camille" (Brigitte Bardot).
Fritz Lang. 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...
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- Drama
