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  Review by James Healey ★★★ 31

  Godard didn't deserve Anna Karina.

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  Review by kársten ★★★★ 10

  Clearly liked it a lot more than Breathless. At the end of the day I’m still pretty conflicted on how I feel. Like I love everything about this, the visual language, the editing, the performances, the philosophy in that 11th story. The only thing it’s missing is me giving any sort of shit about this woman. I will say, that final shot is absolutely tragic in the context of the entire film but that can’t be the only time I care about her. Ya know? Still though, I’m sure there’s a Godard for me that I’m gonna love, we’re getting closer.

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  Review by Matt Singer ★★★★½ 5

  Oh my God in heaven the machine gun pan.

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  Review by Sarah ★★ 1

  am convinced Godard has never met a woman

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  Review by Terése Flynn ★★★★½ 4

  In Vivre Sa Vie we get to know Nana; a woman that dreams of becoming an actress and has one man for every occasion. She believes that mankind is free and are responsible for every action and emotion, and that's a belief that is put to the test as she starts to work as a prostitute...

  Vivre Sa Vie has everything I love with Godard films. The melancholy, the fantastic dialogues, the innovative camera work, the social political commentary, beautiful music, beautiful women and last, but not least; tons of references to movies, literature and philosophy. In the case of Vivre sa vie Godard is very straight forward with what he's trying to say, what existential thoughts he's trying to…

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  Review by LinusMxx ★★★ 3

  Jean-Luc Godard's Vivre Sa Vie bitterly shows the sad reality on what it's like to be a woman in a man's world.

  The subject of this film: Anna Karina, Godard's own wife. She plays Nana, a young Parisian woman who leaves her unhappy marriage in an attempt to pursue a life of fame and acknowledgement. But over the course of twelve episodes, we see Nana’s spiralling descent into prostitution instead.

  I liked how this film didn't treat its theme of prostitution in overly dramatic fashion; but then again, Vivre sa Vie isn't really about prostitution. This is about Nana and her search for existential truth and happiness.

  Throughout its 84 minutes runtime, we are completely drawn to Nana, not just…

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  Review by Zegan ★★★★★ 1

  ANNA KARINA. that's it; that's the review.

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  Review by Sammie ★★★★

  That ending was kinda fucked not gonna lie.

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  Review by Nikolas Daras ★★★★★ 5

  Some men write poems for the women they love, some sing songs. Godard filmed a movie for her.

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  Review by Shawn Palmquist ★★★½ 7

  76/100

  Okay…I admit, this is only my second Godard film. That being said, both films I’ve seen of his (Breathless and now Vivre Sa Vie) have left me feeling a bit cold and uninvolved. With Vivre Sa Vie I feel as if I can admire the parts but not the sum. The acting, dialog, camerawork, story, etc…all pretty wonderful…yet when I step back at the end I don’t feel connected or moved by these characters at all. There is this almost unexplainable coldness to the way Godard portrays the characters, which leaves me feeling like I’m on the outside looking in. It’s hard to put a finger on why or how this happens, maybe it’s just a personal thing and…

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  Review by Holli ★★★ 3

  insane how much more bearable godard is when he doesn't edit his films like a 12 year old boy discovering premiere pro for the first time

  but unfortunately he still writes female characters like a 12 year old boy :/

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  Review by Luke McCarthy

  A stranger talks about the importance of words, when suddenly, Godard jump-cuts to a shot of Anna Karina's piercing eyes looking directly into camera. Afterwards, a man reads aloud a barrage of elegant, lustful prose, and yet all we see is an isolated Karina, framed like a monument against Godard's flat mise-en-scene. Words, images and sounds can only communicate so much. One must combine them to find the soul.