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Contempt

Le mépris (1963)

Drama, Romantic | France, Italy

Director: Jean-Luc Godard

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Rating: 7.5/10

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SYNOPSIS

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 of present for Prokosch to get get a better payment. So the relationship ends.

Actors

Writer: Alberto Moravia, Jean-Luc Godard

Producer: Georges de Beauregard, Joseph E. Levine

RUNTIME: 102 min

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