Our Music Movie Review 2004

Godard divides his film into three kingdoms, using Dante's "The Divine Comedy" as his structure. First there's Hell, with a montage showing war and genocide throughout history. Next is the longest section, Purgatory, set in Sarajevo and featuring Godard at a literary conference where we meet Israeli journalist Judith (Adler), and Olga (Dieu), a Russian Jew now living in Israel, and the theme is reconciliation and sacrifice. Then we get to Heaven, which again features Olga under very different circumstances. If you're a Godard fan, you'll know what strangeness you're getting into: others beware. French with subtitles.

Distribution

Wellspring Media, A Division of Genius Products, Inc., 2230 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90904, Phone: (310)453-1222, Fax: (310)453-0074, URL: http://www.wellspring.com

Available on DVD
Running time 80 minutes.
Originally from French, Swiss.

Cast and Crew

Genres

War, General, Anti-War War Movies, Middle East, Front Page, Docudrama

Screenplay

Jean-Luc Godard

Cast

Nade Dieu, Sarah Adler

Cinematography

Julien Hirsch, Jean-Christophe Beauvallet

Director

Jean-Luc Godard

Other

Francois Musy, Pierre Andre, Gabriel Hafner

Producer

Alain Sarde, Ruth Waldburger, DFI, Films du Losange