SCREENING ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND.

Jean-Pierre Léaud stars as Paul (the name Godard regularly used for his surrogates), an idealistic would-be intellectual struggling to forge a relationship with the aspiring pop star Madeleine (real-life singer Chantal Goya). Through their tempestuous affair, Godard fashions a candid and wildly funny free-form examination of youth culture in 1960s Paris. Structured as ‘15 precise facts,’ it blends fiction, documentary, interviews, and abrupt intertitles, capturing the era’s debates on consumerism, sexuality, and Vietnam-era politics. The film stands as one of Godard’s most iconic explorations of youth culture and the contradictions that define it.

Notes by David O’Mahony

Screening as part of Truth, 24 Frames per Second: The Films of Jean-Luc Godard