Redoubtable

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Released Apr 20, 2018

1 hr. 47 min.

Comedy

Romance

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During the making of one of his films, French film director Jean-Luc Godard falls in love with 17-year-old actress Anne Wiazemsky and later marries her.

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Godard Mon Amour imagines a chapter from Jean-Luc Godard's life with no shortage of whimsy, but lacks its subject's essential inspiration.

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isla s

This is a somewhat stylish period drama of sorts - very much set in the 60s, with a lot of focus on colour and some passionate dialogue relating to the political beliefs and concerns shared by the group of activists it portrays. It's an intriguing film, a relatively easy watch, though not entirely memorable, its ok and probably worth a watch, yes.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Worth watching for fans of JLG!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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This is a movie that gives me some mixed feelings. It's that kind of movie that people would call art, and I can agree to that, and the story is compelling. However, it's not very well balanced, has you have some scenes that are purely brilliant and the reason that we all love cinema, between some boring and pretencious scenes. The cast is good, at least if you distanciate it from their real live personas (I only know Godard and Wiazemsky by name). Louis Garrel does a good job at beeing an annoying, pretencious and arrogant guy, and Stacy Martin does a very good job in looking numb and submissive. If this was the objective, as I think it was, then the cast was amazing, else, it failed miserably. In conclusion, it's a nice movie to see, but don't think it's you sunday afternoon entertainment, has you need to be in a particular state of mind to go through the movie.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Garrel and Martin are both pretty impressive here, while Hazanavicius plays with language (and metalanguage) to paint a surprisingly unsympathetic portrait of an insecure (and sometimes quite mean and cruel) artist who despises the old and is afraid of what the youth thinks of him.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Original en su estilo, una de las mejores cintas del 2018.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Movies about real historical events and persons from everyday perspective are cool. This one's about the legendary French director Jean-Luc Godard (played by Louis Garrel) reaching middle-age and marrying a young girl (Stacy Martin). It turns out Goddard, idolized by movie lovers and critcs, turns out to be the immature one in the relationship. Like any good movie about relationships should, Le redoutable" has both moments of laughter and soul wrenching drama. But above all, this is a character portrait of a increasingly domineering and unpleasant man. Writer-director Michel Hazanavicius approaches the study of the character from the deep psychological standpoint. He does not offer some easy and populist way of explaining the reasons behind tormented genius's growing disagreeableness over time. Just like in real life, there's no one single cause for how one behaves, especially not something external that would be easy to blame and would adequately summarize everything that's going on in human soul (bad influence, broken heart etc). If the viewer is not willing or able to go that deep, there's still enough going on to justify the time spent. The movie is humorous - especially in the first half - and offers a vivid overview about how destructive immature people can become in loving relationship if they wrestle with power and intimacy issues. In Godard's character, I found much of myself and what I've had to wrestle with in relationships - and still have to. So watching it was a bit depressing for me, for probably nobody enjoys seeing one's ow faults so clearly from aside (in others). The second half turns increasingly darker in mood and get exhausting because there's basically only one situation filling the story which gets repeated over and over again. The lack of variety is the reason of me hesitating to give it higher score than 7 out of 10. The story centers mostly on Godard and young wife, Anne Wiazemsky, and their performances are really good. These are demanding roles because the marital discord doesn't grow from one explosive conflict to another but accumulating stress and tension between two people, expressed mostly in subtle bodily or facial impressions that the camera eagerly catches. This kind of inner burning based suspense is surely difficult to build on screen, and both stars are really good at it (with the help of the director, of course). I enjoyed Stacy Martin's performance especially, for in a way, she has fewer resources to build the character than Garrel whose Godard does most of the talking. Martin gives a beautifully restrained but emotive performance as the ever-suffering wife. She's the emotional backbone of the story and probably the one thing you'll remember the best from the movie. Based on the memoir of Anne Wiazemsky, who became a novelist and published the book on her life with French cinema genius in 2015. Godard lives on, but she passed away just weeks ago, October 5th this year, succumbing to battle with breast cancer at the age of 70. Michel Hazanavicius is best known for The Artist" that got nominated for ten Oscars, and won five, in 2012, including for the best movie and director.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/11/23

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Michel Hazanavicius

Director

Louis Garrel

Jean-Luc Godard

Stacy Martin

Anne Wiazemsky

Bérénice Bejo

Michèle Rosier

Micha Lescot

Bamban

Grégory Gadebois

Michel Cournot

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

Occasionally disrespectful and hugely amusing... It's carried off with an irreverence that would delight Mel Brooks.

Rated: 4/5

May 18, 2018

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Ryan Gilbey

New Statesman

Disciples of Godard will be gritting their teeth... but then Redoubtable isn't really for them.

May 15, 2018

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

I found myself chuckling throughout Redoubtable, surprisingly entertained by its slapstick iconoclasm.

Rated: 3/5

May 13, 2018

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

Hazanavicius is a talented cinematic mimic who is adept at the art of parody and pastiche. It may be about Godard [but it is] closer to the whimsy and playfulness of Francois Truffaut.

Sep 22, 2023

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Part homage, part dissection, this cheeky drama (based on the recently deceased Wiaemsky's memoirs) is a cleverly meta piece that is often very funny...

Oct 16, 2020

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David Lamble

Bay Area Reporter

Godard Mon Amour is a film strictly for Godard devotees, fans who never jumped from the train even when its journey seemed lost in a fog of outdated political slogans and stale cant.

Jun 2, 2020

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Synopsis

During the making of one of his films, French film director Jean-Luc Godard falls in love with 17-year-old actress Anne Wiazemsky and later marries her.

Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Executive Producer: Daniel Delume
Screenwriter: Michel Hazanavicius, Anne Wiazemsky
Distributor: Cohen Media Group
Production Co: France 3 Cinéma, Les Compagnons du Cinéma, For Ever Group, La Classe Américaine, StudioCanal
Rating: R (Language|Graphic Nudity|Sexuality)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 20, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 4, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $78.4K
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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