Slow Motion ( Sauve qui peut (la vie) ) ( Every Man for Himself )

Slow Motion (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Sauve qui peut (la vie)
Alternate Title: Every Man for Himself
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Ceasar Awards

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

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
84 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Biographies
Documentary
Filmographies
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 1980 and produced in:
Austria ( Germany, Central Europe )
France ( France, Benelux )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Jean-Luc Godard

Written By:
Jean-Claude Carrière
Jean-Luc Godard

Actors:
Isabelle Huppert ..... Isabelle Rivière
Jacques Dutronc ..... Paul Godard
Nathalie Baye ..... Denise Rimbaud
Roland Amstutz ..... Second client
Cécile Tanner ..... Cecile
Anna Baldaccini ..... Isabelle's sister
Roger Jendly ..... 2nd Guy
Fred Personne ..... First client
Nicole Jacquet ..... Woman
Dore De Rosa ..... Elevator Attendant
Monique Barscha ..... Chanteur d'opéra
Michel Cassagne ..... Piaget
Paule Muret ..... Paul's ex-wife
Catherine Freiburghaus ..... Farm Girl

Synopsis:

Sauve Qui Peut (la Vie), a pessimistic but visually stunning film, marks Jean-Luc Godard's return to cinema after having spent the 70s working in video. The film presents a few days in the lives of three people: Paul Godard (Jacques Dutronc ), a television producer; Denise Rimbaud (Nathalie Baye), his co-worker and ex-girlfriend; and Isabelle Riviera (Isabelle Huppert), a prostitute whom Paul has used. Denise wants to break up with Paul and move to the country. Isabelle wants to work for herself instead of her pimp. Paul just wants to survive. Their stories intersect when Paul brings Denise to the country cottage he is trying to rent and Isabelle comes to see it without knowing that the landlord has been her client. The film is broken into segments entitled "The Imaginary," "Commerce," "Life," and "Music." Each of the first three sections focuses on one character and the last section brings all three characters together. This complex film is often closer to an essay than a story; it uses slow motion and experimental techniques to explore questions of love, work, and the nature of cinema. Sauve Qui Peut (la Vie) was Godard's first film with his frequent collaborator Anne-Marie Miéville, who edited and co-wrote the film.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 04 August, 2008.

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