During the shooting of the film La Chinoise, French director Jean-Luc Godard fell in love with the film’s star, Anne Wiazemsky. A year later after having married her and enjoying apparent stability, Godard suffers a crisis due to the negative reception of his film and the social conflicts taking place in Paris. Godard, Mon Amour depicts an era with great precision. It portrays its aesthetics, colours, atmosphere, ideological attitudes, and it does so by following Godard, the Maoist militant, towards grotesque consequences. He is egocentric, annoying to his friends, admirers and spouse. The film by Michel Hazanavicius (5 Oscars for The Artist) is based on the book “Une Année studieuse” de Wiazemsky. There is no doubt you’ll laugh with this character in permanent crisis.
In May 1968 The Cannes Festival was stopped. The film makers Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut y Claude Lelouch boycotted the 21st edition. Shortly after, the directors Roman Polanski, Louis Malle and the actress Monica Vitti, judges at the Festival, announced their decision to join the protest. And to conclude, Milos Forman, Carlos Saura y Alain Resnais, competing for the Palm d’Or, pulled their films from the Festival. We’re talking about the famous May 68 that flooded the streets in Paris and that celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.

2018
Prémios César:
Nomeado Melhor Director e Actor, Melhor Fotografia, Melhor Guião Adaptado, Melhor Direcção Artística
2017
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