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La Chinoise (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1967 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Jean-Luc Godard

Written By:
Jean-Luc Godard

Actors:
Anne Wiazemsky ..... Veronique
Jean-Pierre Léaud ..... Guillaume
Juliet Berto ..... Yvonne
Michel Semeniako ..... Henri
Lex De Bruijn ..... Kirilov
Omar Diop ..... Omar
Francis Jeanson ..... Himself
Blandine Jeanson ..... Blandine
Eliane Giovagnoli ..... Son ami

Synopsis:

Director Jean-Luc Godard, whose advocacy of Maoism bordered on intoxication, infuriated many traditionalist critics with his swiftly paced satire La Chinoise. Godard's then-wife Anne Wiazemsky plays a philosophy student who commiserates with the four members of her campus Maoist group. They are so taken by the external trappings of their cause--the posters, the Little Red Books, the by-rote chantings--that they seem not to grasp the true meaning of their political persuasion. Nor do they give any thought to the long-range ramifications of their terrorist activities. Godard is obviously on the students' side throughout, though he balances their fanaticism with the comparative gentility of old-style revolutionaries. Nonfans of Godard were given migraines by the director's perverse refusal to film even the simplest sequence in a linear, logical fashion. La Chinoise quickly gained the reputation of a 'head film', best appreciated when the viewer is stoned. In these PC days, the audience for this sort of film is generally 'straight'...which may be why it has seldom been shown in recent years.

Born in a decade of political turmoil, La Chinoise has become a cinematic marker for the significant historical events that surrounded its creation. Five Parisian students, their political awareness aroused by Chairman Mao's Little Red Book and the Chinese Cultural Revolution, envision an overthrow of Western governmental systems, which they aim to bring about through acts of terrorism. One of Godard's most brilliant films of the 60s, its success lies in the rejection of traditional narrative techniques. It is a dialectical charade which is as disturbing as it is comical. Though criticised in its day as a political manipulation, La Chinoise has proven alarmingly prophetic and its impact on audiences during the late 60s is echoed amongst viewers today.

A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.

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