Summary
At first sight, Charlotte would appear to be the model wife. She
is happily married to Pierre, an airline pilot, and has a child,
Nicolas, whom she adores. But the long days of separation from
her husband have taken their toll and Charlotte has started to have an
affair with another man, an actor named Robert. Charlotte is
considering leaving Pierre and starting a new life with Robert, but
somehow the bonds of marriage are too strong for her to break.
Then she discovers that she is pregnant and wonders which of the two
men is the father...
Review
Originally titled La Femme
mariée, this controversial film from one of the leading
lights of the French New Wave was banned by the censor for its sexually
explicit scenes. The film was released a few months after its
ban, with a few cuts and retitled Une
femme mariée, and proved surprisingly successful, no
doubt benefiting from the brouhaha caused by the censor.
The film’s director, Jean-Luc Godard, regarded it as a sociological document and it is a daring work for its time, broaching sexual taboos and offering a refreshingly candid portrayal of marital infidelity. With its chaotic episodic structure and bizarre composition of shots (most of which consist of close-ups of the lead actress), the film exemplifies Godard’s shift from the asthetics of conventional filmmaking towards the more free-format, individualistic approach of his later films.
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The film’s director, Jean-Luc Godard, regarded it as a sociological document and it is a daring work for its time, broaching sexual taboos and offering a refreshingly candid portrayal of marital infidelity. With its chaotic episodic structure and bizarre composition of shots (most of which consist of close-ups of the lead actress), the film exemplifies Godard’s shift from the asthetics of conventional filmmaking towards the more free-format, individualistic approach of his later films.
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Credits
- Director: Jean-Luc Godard
- Script: Jean-Luc Godard
- Photo: Raoul Coutard
- Music: John D. Loudermilk, Claude Nougaro, Ludwig van Beethoven
- Cast: Bernard Noël (Robert, the Lover), Macha Méril (Charlotte), Philippe Leroy (Pierre), Christophe Bourseiller (Nicolas), Roger Leenhardt (Himself), Margaret Le Van (Girl in Pool), Véronique Duval (Girl in Pool), Rita Maiden (Madame Celine), Jean-Luc Godard (Narrator), Georges Liron (Physician)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 96 min
- Aka: A Married Woman
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