SLOW MOTION (Sauve Qui Peut (La Vie))

Godard’s superbly acted and inventive parody of modern life revolves around three characters who are all at turning points in their lives. The all-star cast features Isabelle Huppert as a country girl who comes to the city to become a prostitute; Nathalie Baye as a woman who decides to give up her city job to pursue an idyllic life in the country; and Jacques Dutronc as a television director, separated from his wife and daughter, and at the end of his tether. SLOW MOTION marked Godard’s return after several years away from commercial cinema, and its rapturous reception reaffirmed his place at the forefront of innovative filmmaking.

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