My Life to Live ( Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux ) Quick Movie Reviews

Quick Movie Reviews

Rating of
3.5/4

James - wrote on 09/08/2022

It seems I’m more enthusiastic on this film than the voters are. I guess I just find something appealing in these French new wave films. They feel much more free than there American counterparts did.

Rating of
3/4

mitchellyoung - wrote on 05/16/2012

Godard tells the tragic story of a woman turned to prostitution to find happiness in a straightforward, evenly divided, documentary style. The film plays a little with differing style (sometimes choosing to capture the most intimate moments in silent, with silent era subtitles as a description), but is mostly a straightforward and sometimes brutally honest portrayal of a young woman's desperation. The film is at its best when it uses visuals and simple performance to explain its themes than when it sometimes drifts away into distracting philosophizing. A good addition to the Godard canon.

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