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The Chinese Girl

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This dark French comedy by Jean-Luc Godard focuses on a group of students who have embraced Maoist ideals and strive to incite revolution through terrorist violence. Two of the members, Guillaume (Jean-Pierre Léaud) and Véronique (Anne Wiazemsky), are romantically linked, though their relationship is strained by their commitment to the cause. The group eventually plots to assassinate a high-ranking Russian governmental official who is visiting Paris, but things don't go according to plan.
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Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune 02/15/2008
3.5/4
Maybe Andy Warhol didn't make the quintessential Pop Art masterwork. Maybe Jean-Luc Godard did. Go to Full Review Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 10/10/2007
The spirited cast -- including Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Laud, and Juliet Berto -- make all this touching as well as troubling. Go to Full Review Time Out 10/10/2007
Distinctly disquieting as well as gratingly funny. Go to Full Review Kathy Fennessy Seattle Film Blog 09/16/2021
3/4
His color-coded collage-like approach, in which classical music mingles with comic book art, still looks fresh--and feels even more radical than the politics at hand. Go to Full Review Robert Kotlowitz Harper's Magazine 08/04/2020
Its pace, for all the talk, is exhilarating, its use of primary colors hard and beautiful, its shifts of mood and action are both intricate and dazzling; while its feeling for its characters is always serious and affectionate, even when Godard is mocking. Go to Full Review Gene Youngblood Los Angeles Free Press 01/31/2020
Deep, rich, profound, [and] overwhelming. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Alexsander F 12/18/2024 Acho difícil fazerem uma obra tão revolucionária como esta de novo, um dos meus filmes favoritos de formação e inspiração. Godard não é para ser compreendido, e, sim, assistido em estado de graça. See more 01/07/2016 A political film made with few resources See more 05/30/2015 Aside from being an oddly effective experimental film, Godard's movie not only captures the mood of a generation in 1968 --- it seems to pull you back to the time. There is an odd sort of cinematic alchemy going on here. See more 09/17/2014 No matter what genre you opt to place it, Godard's LA CHINOISE is pure pop art. And, it is nothing short of fantastic. See more 04/09/2014 The first hour of the film is nothing but a bunch of pretentious college students confusing Marxism and theatre, I was sure I was going to hate this. And then the movie changes gears. See more 06/28/2013 A very funny film that was a joy to see. Jean-Luc Godard proves he can do anything with this one, this film has so many things that make it hard to like but he makes it enjoyable. I especially loved that Mao song. See more Read all reviews
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Jean-Luc Godard

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Anne Wiazemsky

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Jean-Pierre Léaud

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Juliet Berto

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Jean-Luc Godard

Screenwriter

Mag Bodard

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Synopsis This dark French comedy by Jean-Luc Godard focuses on a group of students who have embraced Maoist ideals and strive to incite revolution through terrorist violence. Two of the members, Guillaume (Jean-Pierre Léaud) and Véronique (Anne Wiazemsky), are romantically linked, though their relationship is strained by their commitment to the cause. The group eventually plots to assassinate a high-ranking Russian governmental official who is visiting Paris, but things don't go according to plan.
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Producer
Mag Bodard
Screenwriter
Jean-Luc Godard
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 22, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$5.6K
Runtime
1h 30m
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