Contempt

Contempt (1963)

Genres - Drama, Romance, Family & Personal Relationships  |   Sub-Genres - Marriage Drama, Showbiz Drama, Psychological Drama, Satire  |   Release Date - Dec 18, 1964 (USA)  |   Run Time - 99 min.  |   Countries - France, Italy  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Louis Schwartz

Contempt is the story of the end of a marriage. Camille (Brigitte Bardot) falls out of love with her husband Paul (Michel Piccoli) while he is rewriting the screenplay Odyssey by American producer Jeremiah Prokosch (Jack Palance). Just as the director of Prokosch's film, Fritz Lang, says that The Odyssey is the story of individuals confronting their situations in a real world, Le Mépris itself is an examination of the position of the filmmaker in the commercial cinema. Godard himself was facing this situation in the production of Le Mépris. Italian producer Carlo Ponti had given him the biggest budget of his career, and he found himself working with a star of Bardot's magnitude for the first time.

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Keywords

accident, behind-the-scenes, car, director, filmmaker, love-triangle, producer [showbiz]

Attributes

High Artistic Quality, High Budget, High Historical Importance, High Production Values