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Every Man for Himself is a suisse film of genre Drama directed by Jean-Luc Godard released in USA on 12 october 1980 with Jacques Dutronc
Every Man for Himself (1980)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 12 october 1980
Length 1h27
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
OriginSuisse
Genres Drama
Rating64%
Every Man for Himself (French: Sauve qui peut (la vie)) is a film directed, co-written and co-produced by Jean-Luc Godard. The film stars Jacques Dutronc, Isabelle Huppert, and Nathalie Baye, and the score is by Gabriel Yared. It was filmed in Switzerland. The film premiered at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival, and went on to garner 620,147 admissions in France. The film was also selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 53rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Synopsis
The film is divided into three main sections, each focusing on one of the three main characters. A prologue introduces Paul Godard, a filmmaker, and his estranged girlfriend, Denise Rimbaud. After Paul leaves the deluxe Swiss hotel where he is staying and rebuffs the sexual advances of a male hotel attendant, the film shifts to its first proper section, "The Imaginary," and follows Denise as she makes arrangements to work at the newspaper run by an old friend, or perhaps an old lover, in the Swiss countryside. Denise is struggling with her choice of giving up the apartment she shares with Paul and leaving her job at a television station, where Paul also works. She is also trying to begin a new project, possibly a novel. In the course of her arrangements, including securing a room at a farm in the countryside, Denise realizes she is late to pick up the author and filmmaker Marguerite Duras, and telephones Paul to ask if he can do it for her. Despite being put off by Denise's intention to leave him and their apartment, he agrees.Actors
Jacques Dutronc
(Paul Godard)
Isabelle Huppert
(Isabelle Rivière)
Nathalie Baye
(Denise Rimbaud)
Roger Jendly
(Customer of Isabelle's Sister)
Roland Amstutz
(Customer in Room 522)
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