Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
1963 | 103 mins | France, Italy
French, English, German, Italian with English subtitles 
Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli

SHOWING TIMES:

• Sat 10 Jun: 3pm
• Wed 14 Jun: 5.20pm

Le Mépris returns to cinemas to mark its 60th anniversary. First screened in 1963 this French New Wave drama, written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, is is considered to be Godard’s most opulent and emotive production which is based on the 1954 Italian novel Il disprezzo (A Ghost at Noon) by Alberto Moravia.

Starring Brigitte Bardot and Michel Piccoli Le Mepris centres on the growing tensions between a married couple. Paul, an aspiring playwright, finds himself caught between the director and the producer, on a movie adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey. When Paul finds himself swayed by the power of the producer’s money, he finds his wife Camille begins to regard him with increasing contempt.

VENUE: EXETER PHOENIX, STUDIO 74

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