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Contempt (1963)

★ 7.4Not Rated102 minDirector: Jean-Luc Godard

1963 film by Jean-Luc Godard

Contempt (French: Le Mépris) is a 1963 French New Wave drama film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, based on Alberto Moravia's 1954 novel Il disprezzo. It follows a playwright, Paul Javal, whose marriage begins to fall apart during the troubled production of a film adaptation of Homer's Odyssey. The film stars Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang, and Giorgia Moll.

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What is Contempt about?
Contempt (1963) — Paul Javal is a writer who is hired to make a script for a new movie about Ulysses more commercial, which is to be directed by Fritz Lang and produced by Jeremy Prokosch. But because he let his wife Camille drive with Prokosch and he is late, she believes, he uses her as a sort o
Is Contempt based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Contempt scary?
Content rating: Not Rated. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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