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Contempt

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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.
Contempt

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Critics Consensus

This powerful work of essential cinema joins "meta" with "physique," casting Brigite Bardot and director Godard's inspiration Fritz Lang.

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Philip Strick Sight & Sound May 13, 2026
Godard's letter is self-accusatory, and with its naked longing it has surely only been excelled by Pierrot le Fou in the spelling out of utter tragedy. Go to Full Review
Kevin Maher The Times (UK) Jun 26, 2023
5/5
Bardot and Piccoli are deeply sympathetic as a couple in free fall, the locations are invariably stunning and the score by Georges Delerue is so heartbreaking and epic that Scorsese borrowed it, re-using it with equal power in Casino. Go to Full Review
Anton Bitel Little White Lies Jun 19, 2023
Godard, himself working with American co-producers and facing demands to insert nude shots of Bardot (whose fees constituted half the film’s budget), turns this conflict between culture and cash into an ironic, self-reflexive odyssey. Go to Full Review
William Stottor Loud and Clear Reviews Sep 3, 2024
5/5
60 years on from its initial release, Jean-Luc Godard’s elegant and layered Le Mépris (Contempt) remains a landmark achievement in his career and the French New Wave. Go to Full Review
Diane Carson KDHX (St. Louis) May 6, 2024
Iconoclastic, Godard reinterprets formulaic cinema and creates his own idiosyncratic technical and thematic approach. Go to Full Review
Mike Thorn Vague Visages Dec 12, 2023
Contempt is a daunting and formally labyrinthine work, calling its own fallibility to question even as it submits completely to the romance of cinema. Go to Full Review
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Jean-Luc Godard

Director

Brigitte Bardot

Camille Javal

Jack Palance

Jeremy Prokosch

Michel Piccoli

Paul Javal

Giorgia Moll

Francesca Vanini

Fritz Lang

Fritz Lang

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Synopsis 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.
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Producer
Georges de Beauregard, Carlo Ponti, Joseph E. Levine
Screenwriter
Jean-Luc Godard, Alberto Moravia
Distributor
Strand Releasing, Criterion Collection, Embassy Pictures
Production Co
Rome Paris Films, Compagnia Cinematografica Champion
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 18, 1963, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Jun 30, 2023
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 20, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$247.8K
Runtime
1h 43m
Sound Mix
Mono
Aspect Ratio
35mm, Scope (2.35:1)
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