
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