Goodbye to Language

A dense, playful essay-film that fragments a love affair into philosophical musings, jarring 3D experiments, and a dog's-eye view of the world.

Directed by

Jean-Luc Godard

Genres

Drama, Romance

Starring

Jessica Erickson, Héloïse Godet, Zoé Bruneau

Overview

"The idea is simple / A married woman and a single man meet / They love, they argue, fists fly / A dog strays between town and country / The seasons pass / The man and woman meet again / The dog finds itself between them / The other is in one, / the one is in the other / and they are three / The former husband shatters everything / A second film begins: / the same as the first, / and yet not / From the human race we pass to metaphor / This ends in barking / and a baby's cries / In the meantime, we will have seen people talking of the demise of the dollar, of truth in mathematics and of the death of a robin." -JLG

How it feels

Absurd, melancholic, satirical and romantic. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Identity, love, betrayal, art

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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