Contempt

Friday, February 1 - Sunday, February 3, 2019

Scenes from a marital breakdown between screenwriter (Michel Piccoli) and his wife (Brigitte Bardot), as both become enmeshed in the behind-the-camera struggles of a director (Fritz Lang) and producer (Jack Palance) as they film an adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey.

Part of our Winter 2019 season of Weekend Classics: Early Godard.

• Country France/Italy
• Year 1963
• Running Time 102 minutes
• Director Jean-Luc Godard
• Writer Alberto Moravia (novel), Jean-Luc Godard (screenplay)
• Editor Agnes Guillemot, Lila Lakshmanan
• Cinematographer Raoul Coutard
• Cast Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, Fritz Lang