"This movie is a “stupid, stupid idea.”"

2017

1h 48m

6.6(366 votes)

Drama

Romance

Comedy

Overview

In 1967, during the making of “La Chinoise,” film director Jean-Luc Godard falls in love with 19-year-old actress Anne Wiazemsky and marries her.

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Videos & Trailers

6 videos

Cast & Crew

28 members

Acting

Louis Garrel

Jean-Luc Godard

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Stacy Martin

Anne Wiazemsky

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Bérénice Bejo

Michèle Rosier

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Micha Lescot

Bambam

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Grégory Gadebois

Michel Cournot

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Félix Kysyl

Jean-Pierre Gorin

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Arthur Orcier

Jean-Henri 'Jean-Jock' Roger

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Guido Caprino

Bernardo Bertolucci

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Emmanuele Aita

Marco Ferreri

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Matteo Martari

Marco Margine

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Stéphane Varupenne

Eric de la Meignière

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Philippe Girard

Jean Vilar

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Quentin Dolmaire

Paul

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Romain Goupil

Cinephile

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Jean-Pierre Mocky

Customer in the Restaurant

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Michel Subor

Narrator #4 (voice)

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Louise Legendre

Young Protester

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Marc Brun Adryan'

Journalist (uncredited)

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Eric Marcel

Lecturer (uncredited)

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Eva Chico

Militant (uncredited)

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Nicolas Dussaut

Militant (uncredited)

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Directing

Michel Hazanavicius

Narrator #5 (voice) (uncredited)

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Fabien Hagège

Protester (uncredited)

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Acting

Lola Ingrid Le Roch

Technician (uncredited)

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Matthieu Dessertine

Unknown Role

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Roman Kané

Unknown Role

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Monsieur Fraize

Emile

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Tanya Lopert

Unknown Role

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