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Jean-Luc Godard

Je vous salue, Marie (Hail Mary)

Director Jean-Luc Godard Composer Johan Sebastian Bach, Antonin Dvorak, John Coltrane Cast Myriem Roussel, Thierry Rode, Philippe Lacoste, Manon Anderson, Juliette Binoche, Johan Leysen
90' - 1985 - Drama - Dialogue: French
Present day France. Mary helps out at her father's garage. One day a man called Gabriel tells her she is going to have a child although she has never been with a man. A visit to the doctor confirms his story. At first jealous and angry her boyfriend Joseph begins to accept the pregnancy and they decide on a marriage without any physical relationship. Condemned by some Church organisations and acclaimed by others, this reinterpretation of the Nativity is one of Godard's most controversial films. The Virgin Birth is presented as a reality - the mystery for Godard is womanhood and birth in general. This he explores through stunning images of nature and the nude figure of his heroine, the latter photographed chastely without voyeurism.

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Credits

Directors

Jean-Luc Godard

Composers

Johan Sebastian Bach, Antonin Dvorak, John Coltrane

Cast

Myriem Roussel, Thierry Rode, Philippe Lacoste, Manon Anderson, Juliette Binoche, Johan Leysen

Scenario

Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville

Director of Photography

Jean-Bernard Menoud, Jacques Firmann

Editors

Jean-Luc Godard

Producers

Jean-Luc Godard

Production studios

Pégase Films

More info

Dialogue

French

Countries of production

United Kingdom, Switzerland, France

Year

1985