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Released in 1960, Breathless announced the arrival of a filmmaker who has spent the intervening decades striving to redefine and reshape the medium. Spanning Jean-Luc Godard’s astonishingly prolific first decade, the films in the first part of this two-month season trace the director’s path from the rule-breaking energy of that iconic debut to the increasingly radical, self-reflexive experiments that would come to define his later work. The presence of Anna Karina, his Danish muse – and, for over four years, his wife – looms large throughout.
Collectively, the films chart JLG’s shifting preoccupations: the playful reinvention of genre in A Woman Is a Woman, Band of Outsiders, Alphaville, and Made in U.S.A.; the emotional and philosophical depth of collaborations with Anna Karina in Vivre sa vie, The Little Soldier, and Pierrot le Fou; and the sharp critiques of consumerism and contemporary life in A Married Woman, Masculin Féminin, and Two or Three Things I Know About Her.
Learn more about Jean-Luc Godard at the latest in our IFI Talks series The Rhythm of Ideas: Jean-Luc Godard and the Cinema of the French New Wave presented by Douglas Morrey, Professor of French Studies at the University of Warwick.
Four tiles from Truth, 24 Times Per Second: The Films of Jean-Luc Godard will also be available on IFI@Home.
MULTI-FILM PASSES FOR IFI MEMBERS:
These packages can only be booked in-person or by calling the IFI Box Office on 01 679 5744. See https://ifi.ie/support for full details on IFI Membership and to sign up.
This season is available for 25 & Under cardholder pricing. Sign-up is free for the 25 & Under card for those aged 16-25. See https://ifi.ie/25under for full details.
Titles Include:
Sunday Feb 1st (16.30): BREATHLESS (À BOUT DE SOUFFLE)
Tuesday Feb 3rd (18.30): A WOMAN IS A WOMAN
Saturday Feb 7th (18.00): VIVRE SA VIE
Sunday Feb 8th (16.30): THE LITTLE SOLDIER
Tuesday Feb 10th (18.20): CONTEMPT (LE MÉPRIS)
Saturday Feb 14th (15.00): BAND OF OUTSIDERS (BANDE À PART)
Sunday Feb 15th (15.00): A MARRIED WOMAN
Tuesday Feb 17th (18.20): ALPHAVILLE
Wednesday Feb 18th (18.30): IFI TALKS – THE RHYTHM OF IDEAS: JEAN-LUC GODARD AND THE CINEMA OF THE FRENCH NEW WAVE
Saturday Feb 21st (15.00): PIERROT LE FOU
Sunday Feb 22nd (15.10): MASCULINE FÉMININE
Tuesday Feb 24th (18.30): MADE IN THE U.S.A.
Saturday Feb 28th (16.30): TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER
Sunday Mar 1st (16.00): THE CHINESE (LA CHINOISE)
Tuesday Mar 3rd (18.20): WEEKEND
Saturday Mar 7th (16.20): ALL’S WELL (TOUT VA BIEN)
Tuesday Mar 10th (18.30): FIRST NAME: CARMEN (PRÉNOM CARMEN)
Saturday Mar 14th (16.00): HAIL MARY
Sunday Mar 15th (16.00): DETECTIVE
Wednesday Mar 18th (18.30): KING LEAR
Saturday Mar 21st (16.00): OH, WOE IS ME
Sunday Mar 22nd (16.00): IN PRAISE OF LOVE (ÉLOGE DE L’AMOUR)
Tuesday Mar 24th (20.50): FILM SOCIALISME
Saturday Mar 28th (16.30): GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE
Sunday Mar 29th (16.30): THE IMAGE BOOK (LE LIVRE D’IMAGE)
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: FILM SCORES! – DOUBLE BILL 13.40
HAMNET 13.00, 18.20
MARTY SUPREME 17.20
NO OTHER CHOICE 13.30, 20.00
NOUVELLE VAGUE 15.00, 20.55
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER 16:30
SENTIMENTAL VALUE 11.00, 15.35
THE HISTORY OF SOUND 20.20
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB 11.20
The IFI is supported by The Arts Council
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