Passion (1982)

Director:

Jean-Luc Godard

Writer:

Jean-Luc Godard (writer)
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Release Date:

26 May 1982 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

On a movie set, in a factory, and at a hotel, Godard explores the nature of work, love and film making...

Plot Keywords:

Film Making | Child Nudity | One Word Title | Art | Nudity

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Isabelle Huppert	...	Isabelle
Hanna Schygulla	...	Hanna
Michel Piccoli	...	Michel Boulard
Jerzy Radziwilowicz	...	Jerzy
László Szabó	...	Laszlo
Jean-François Stévenin	...	Le machino
Patrick Bonnel	...	Bonnel
Sophie Lucachevski	...	Script-girl
Barbara Tissier
Magali Campos	...	Magali
Myriem Roussel	...	Myriem
Serge Desarnanos
Ágnes Bánfalvy		(as Ági Bánfalvi)
Ezio Ambrosetti
Manuelle Baltazar
Sarah Beauchesne
Bertrand Theubet
Sarah Cohen-Sali	...	Sarah
Catherine Van Cauwenberghe
Sophie Maire
Cornella Mandry
Cathy Marchand
Marie-Annick Abgrall
René Mennotier
Frantisek Mandik
Attila Bokor

Directed by
Jean-Luc Godard

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jean-Claude Carrière		uncredited
Jean-Luc Godard		writer

Produced by
Armand Barbault	....	producer
Catherine Lapoujade	....	producer
Martine Marignac	....	producer

Cinematography by
Raoul Coutard

Film Editing by
Jean-Luc Godard

Production Design by
Jean Bauer
Serge Marzolff

Costume Design by
Christian Gasc
Rosalie Varda

Makeup Department
Patrick Archambault	....	hair stylist
Bernard Minne	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Daniel Chevalier	....	unit manager
Ruth Waldburger	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lee Collver	....	assistant director
Gérard Ruey	....	second assistant director
Alain Tasma	....	first assistant director
Bertrand Theubet	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Yvon Aubinel	....	painter

Sound Department
Bernard Le Roux	....	sound mixer
François Musy	....	sound

Stunts
Alain Couty	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-Claude Basselet	....	electrician
André Clément	....	camera operator
Jean Garcenot	....	assistant camera
Anne-Marie Miéville	....	still photographer
René Pequignot	....	key grip (as René Albert Pequignot)
Gaston Verdonck	....	grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rose-Marie Melka	....	wardrober

Other crew
Lydie Mahias	....	script supervisor
Jean-Bernard Menoud	....	video
Danielle Tholomé	....	production secretary
Daniel R. Suhart	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Film et Vidéo Companie
• Films A2
• JLG Films
• Sara Films
• Sonimage
• Télévision Suisse-Romande (TSR)

Distributors

• Parafrance Films (France)
• Radio Monte Carlo
• United Artists Classics (1983) (USA) (subtitled)
• Universal Pictures (2009) (Italy) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Erato Records  music source
• Manu Décors  design studio

Also Known As:

Godard's Passion (USA)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

France | Switzerland

Language:

French | German | Polish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Italy:VM14 | USA:R

Company:

Film et Vidéo Companie

Trivia:

The first choice for cinematographer, through a recommendation from Francis Ford Coppola and Zoetrope films, was Vittorio Storaro. Godard replaced him right before shooting began with Raoul Coutard, whom he hadn't worked with since the mid 1960s.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Scénario du film 'Passion' (1982)

Soundtrack:

Frères humains, L'amour n'a pas d'âge

Jean-Luc Godard est Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard makes me think clearer. After having read the other comments accusing "Passion" of being boring and pretentious crap, I can only say that I strongly disagree. Comments like those just make me angry. JLG's films are definitely not boring; unless you are completely unintellectual and don't have a clue of what is going on. "Passion" and JLG's other films are fresh and intellectual and philosophic. Godard is unique. It is as simple as that. Newcomers might look after some kind of plot, and find themselves confused. I don't know why they do, because a film does not have to have a fixed plot, a story or something like that, but in a way, it gets one by itself. Godard clearly points out in the film that "in cinema there are no rules".

Maybe you could say "Passion" is about art. And Poland (Godard never hesitate of adding political aspects in his later films). A lot of classical music is played during the scenes, and Godard keeps turning the music on and off like he uses to. At one occasion he is playing Mozart's Requiem, then he turns it off in the middle of the piece. Then he turns it on again from the beginning, turns it off, and starts over. My intuition told me that the music would continue once the same track had been played three times. And so it did. You can trust Godard. The visualizations of classical paintings by Delacroix, Rubens and Rembrandt are spectacular. Overall it is a beautiful film, with cinematography by the legendary New Wave cinematographer Raoul Coutard. The first half contains some scenes were the photo and the voices are not synchronized, giving a messy impression (which doesn't have to be negative). This impression is increased by the several childish quarrels among the characters.

9/10