Screening of Jean-Luc Godard's classic 'Contempt' (1963)

As part of the third edition of the Princeton French Film Festival, you're invited to the screening of the restored version of legendary Jean-Luc Godard's Le Mépris (English: Contempt) (1963).

Practical information:
Open to everyone upon registration. In Arabic and English with English subtitles, the screening will start at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, April 16th, 2025, and will last approximately 101 minutes. Doors to the screening room open at 6:45 PM.

Synopsis:
Based on Alberto Moravia’s 1954 novel A Ghost at Noon, Contempt is Jean-Luc Godard’s rare detour into commercial filmmaking. Initiated at the behest of Italian producer Carlo Ponti, the star-studded Cinemascope extravaganza stars Michel Piccoli as a screenwriter torn between the demands of his German director (played by the legendary Fritz Lang), his boorish American producer (Jack Palance), and his exploited wife (Brigitte Bardot), as he attempts to patch together the script for a film adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey. Filmed on location at the iconic Cinecittà film studios and the spectacular Villa Malaparte in Capri, and boasting lush cinematography by Raoul Coutard and Brigitte Bardot at her most glorious, Contempt is an astute study of conjugal disintegration, artistic compromise and a somewhat cynical look at the film industry itself. The film is widely acknowledged to be Godard’s great masterpiece.

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