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Every Man for Himself

1980 · 88 min

A cool, fragmented study of disconnected lives, more interested in ideas and moods than in story, demanding patience and rewarding it with haunting images.

Overview
A look at the sexual and professional lives of three people — a television director, his ex-girlfriend, and a sex worker.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • betrayal
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Jean-Luc Godard
Written by
Anne-Marie Miéville, Jean-Claude Carrière
Starring
Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Nathalie Baye, Roland Amstutz, Cécile Tanner, Anna Baldaccini, Roger Jendly, Fred Personne
Music
Gabriel Yared
Cinematography
Jean-Bernard Menoud, William Lubtchansky
Runtime
88 min
Country
Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland
Languages
Italian, French

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