Jean-Luc Godard

FILM SOCIALISM

FILM SOCIALISME

Screening room

Status: Completed

Director(s): Jean-Luc Godard

Main cast: Jean-Marc Stehlé, Agatha Couture, Mathias Domahidy

Short synopsis : A symphony in three movements THINGS SUCH AS: A Mediterranean cruise. Numerous conversations, in numerous languages, between the passengers, almost all of whom are on holiday... OUR EUROPE At night, a sister and her younger brother have summoned their parents to appear before the court of their childhood. The children demand serious explanations of the themes of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. OUR HUMANITIES. Visits to six sites of true or false myths: Egypt, Palestine, Odessa, Hellas, Naples and Barcelona.

Long synopsis : THINGS SUCH AS : The Mediterranean, a cruise ship. Numerous conversations, in numerous languages, between the passengers, almost all of whom are on holiday... An old man, a war criminal (German, French, American we don’t know) accompanied by his grand daughter... A famous French philosopher (Alain Badiou), A representative of the Moscow police, detective branch, An American singer (Patti Smith), An old French policeman, A retired United Nations bureaucrat, A former double agent, A Palestinian ambassador, It’s a matter of gold, as it was before with the Argonauts, but what is seen (the image) is very different from what is heard (the word). QUO VADIS EUROPA At night, a sister and her younger brother have summoned their parents to appear before the court of their childhood. One of the parents in fact has to appear on television to stand as a candidate in the local elections at... The children demand serious explications of the themes of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. OUR HUMANITIES. Visits to six sites of true or false myths: Egypt, Palestine, Odessa, Hellas, Naples and Barcelona.