My Life to Live

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My Life to Live is a 1962 French New Wave drama film by Jean-Luc Godard that follows the fragmented, documentary-style story of a young woman drifting into prostitution in Paris.

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instanceOf French New Wave film
film
cinematographyStyle black-and-white
minimalist
countryOfOrigin France
director Jean-Luc Godard NERFINISHED
directorNationality French
filmMovement Nouvelle Vague NERFINISHED
genre art film
drama
hasBlackAndWhitePhotography true
hasDirector Jean-Luc Godard NERFINISHED
hasFemaleLead true
hasNonlinearStructure true
isSetInCountry France NERFINISHED
language French
medium feature film
movement French New Wave NERFINISHED
narrativeStyle documentary-style
fragmented
notableTechnique direct address to camera
intertitles
on-location shooting
originalTitle Vivre sa vie NERFINISHED
period 1960s French cinema
portraysCity Paris NERFINISHED
portraysSocialIssue sex work
urban marginalization
productionEra postwar European cinema
protagonist Nana NERFINISHED
protagonistGender female
protagonistOccupation prostitute
releaseYear 1962
runningTimeCategory feature-length
settingLocation Paris
structure 12 tableaux
theme alienation
existentialism
female identity
prostitution
title My Life to Live NERFINISHED
usesDocumentaryElements true
writer Jean-Luc Godard NERFINISHED

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Vivre sa vie hasEnglishTitle My Life to Live