My Life to Live

  • Anna Karina: Nana
  • Sady Rebot: Raoul
  • André S. Labarthe: Paul
  • Guylaine Schlumberger: Yvette
  • Gérard Hoffman: The Chief
  • Monique Messine: Elisabeth
  • Paul Pavel: Journalist
  • Dimitri Dineff: Dimitri
  • Peter Kassovitz: The young man
  • Eric Schlumberger: Luigi
  • Brice Parain: The philosopher
  • Henri Attal: Arthur

The story of Nana S. ( Original Title: Vivre sa vie) is a black and white film by Jean -Luc Godard from the year 1962.

Action

The film tells the story of 22 -year-old Nana, the device due to lack of money into prostitution and eventually leading to death in a planned trade her pimp. It will be shown a total of 12 scenes, the intertitles separate. Most of the scenes are longer dialogues Nanas with different male acquaintances, friends, clients or even chance encounters. Most dialogues take place in a variety of cafes. A dialogue is a long conversation with the philosopher Brice Nanas Parain.

Background

In addition to the study -like representation of the different dialogs modeling of Nana's face is at the center of the film. Nana speaking, silence, interested, disinterested, smiling, sad, concentrated, absorbed - in many ways the film seems to be an exploration of the cinematic ways to represent a woman's face. The actress who plays Nana, Anna Karina, was from 1961 to 1968 wife of director Jean -Luc Godard and worked before her acting career, among other things, as a model for Coco Chanel and Pierre Cardin.

Criticism

  • Lexicon of international film: " The articulated by intertitles into twelve chapters film is Godard's first attempt to replace the conventional film narrative by a film - essay The frequent discrepancy between image and sound, as well as the seemingly random juxtaposition of contrasting stylistic devices ( fixed and mobile camera. assembly and sequence shots, fade and cut) keeps the viewer at a distance and forces him to think with rather than empathize. , by Godard as it were applying Brecht's theory of epic theater to the film, he is making the team by then (1962! ) radical break with the classical narrative cinema. "

Awards

International Film Festival of Venice 1962

  • Pasinetti Award for Jean -Luc Godard
  • Special Jury Prize for Jean -Luc Godard
  • Nominated for the Golden Lion for Jean -Luc Godard

Étoile de Cristal 1963

  • Anna Karina Award for Best Actress.
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