Vivre sa vie

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Vivre sa vie is a 1962 French New Wave film by Jean-Luc Godard that follows a young woman’s descent into prostitution through a series of stylized, documentary-like vignettes.

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Vivre sa vie canonical 2
Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux 1

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instanceOf French New Wave film
film
awardReceived Special Jury Prize
surface form: Special Jury Prize at Venice Film Festival
basedOn inspired by writings of Marcel Sacotte on prostitution
blackAndWhite true
centralTheme alienation
commodification of the body
female autonomy
prostitution
cinematographyBy Raoul Coutard
countryOfOrigin France
director Jean-Luc Godard
distributor Pathé
surface form: Pathé Consortium Cinéma
editedBy Agnès Guillemot
featuresScene Nana watching The Passion of Joan of Arc
festivalScreening Venice Film Festival
genre art film
drama film
hasAlternativeTitle Vivre sa vie
surface form: Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux
hasEnglishTitle My Life to Live
hasIntertitles true
mainCharacter Nana
movement French New Wave
musicBy Michel Legrand
narrativeForm vignettes
notableFor close-ups of the protagonist
innovative use of chapter headings
mixing fiction and documentary techniques
originalLanguage French
partOf Jean-Luc Godard
surface form: Jean-Luc Godard filmography
producer Pierre Braunberger
protagonistPortrayedBy Anna Karina
releaseDecade 1960s films
releaseYear 1962
runtimeMinutes 80
screenwriter Jean-Luc Godard
setting Paris
starring André S. Labarthe
Anna Karina
Brice Parain
Gilberte Géniat
Monique Messine
Sady Rebbot
structure 12 tableaux
style Brechtian
documentary-like
usesDirectSound true

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Jean-Luc Godard notableWork Vivre sa vie
Vivre sa vie hasAlternativeTitle Vivre sa vie
this entity surface form: Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux
Anna Karina notableWork Vivre sa vie