Directed by:
Jean-Luc GodardComposer:
Gabriel YaredCast:
Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Nathalie Baye, Erik Desfosses, Marguerite Duras, Fred Personne, Dore De Rosa, Roger Jendly, Marie-Luce Felber (more)Plots(1)
Sauve Qui Peut (la Vie), a pessimistic but visually stunning film, marks Jean-Luc Godard's return to cinema after having spent the 70s working in video. The film presents a few days in the lives of three people: Paul Godard (Jacques Dutronc), a television producer; Denise Rimbaud (Nathalie Baye), his co-worker and ex-girlfriend; and Isabelle Riviera (Isabelle Huppert), a prostitute whom Paul has used. Denise wants to break up with Paul and move to the country. Isabelle wants to work for herself instead of her pimp. Paul just wants to survive. Their stories intersect when Paul brings Denise to the country cottage he is trying to rent and Isabelle comes to see it without knowing that the landlord has been her client. (official distributor synopsis)
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Isabelle Huppert
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Nathalie Baye
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Fred Personne
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Claude Champion
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