Save yourself who can (life)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Save yourself who can (life) |
| Original title | Sauve qui peut (la vie) |
| Country of production | Switzerland , Austria , France , Germany |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1980 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jean-Luc Godard |
| script | Jean-Luc Godard Anne-Marie Miévielle Jean-Claude Carrière |
| production |
Alain Sarde Jean-Luc Godard |
| music |
Gabriel Yared Amilcare Ponchielli |
| camera |
Renato Berta William Lubtchansky |
| cut |
Anne-Marie Miévielle Jean-Luc Godard |
| occupation | |
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Save yourself, who can (life) (Original title: Sauve qui peut (la vie) ) is a film by Jean-Luc Godard . It was first shown in May 1980 at the Cannes Film Festival and was released in German cinemas in 1981.
action
The film tells the intertwined stories of three protagonists, each of whom is trying to change his life in his own way. TV producer Denise quits her job, separates from her boyfriend Paul and wants to get rid of her city apartment to work on a farm and write a novel. Paul, who was abandoned by her, himself a filmmaker by profession, finds himself in a life crisis. In his general uncertainty, he cannot decide whether he too should quit his job and run away or whether he should stay and take over his ex-girlfriend's apartment. The prostitute Isabelle is fed up with being constantly beaten up by pimps and deprived of half of her income. She finally moves into the apartment that Denise has vacated. Paul is hit by a car and killed in the process.
interpretation
At the beginning of the film, Paul is shown on an escalator, accompanied by the "Suicide Aria " ( Suicidio ) from the opera La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli . The aria was interpreted as a leitmotif for suicidal intentions among the protagonists.
criticism
“The result is a film experiment that is difficult to decipher and that should be understood as a gloomy parable about the present; Because of its sometimes shocking means of expression and the resigned attitude, the film provokes political and ideological contradiction. "
Awards
At the Cannes International Film Festival in 1980 , the film took part in the competition for the Palme d' Or. When the César was awarded in 1981 , Save Yourself, Who Can (Life) was nominated in the categories of Best Film and Best Director . Nathalie Baye received the César for Best Supporting Actress .
literature
- Jean-Luc Godard: “Love work, cinema”. Save yourself who can (life) . Merve Verlag, Berlin 1981, ISBN 3-88396-019-5 (translated by Lothar Kurzawa and Volker Schäfer).
- Frieda Grafe: The little queen ; in: Writings, Volume 9 - Film for Film . Brinkmann & Bose, Berlin 2006. ISBN 3-922660-95-9 . Pp. 191-194.
- Filmkritik -Hefte No. 292 from April 1981 (with the following articles: Minutes of Godard's video exposé, retelling of the film by Manfred Blank, A new Godard by Hartmut Bitomsky) and No. 297 from September 1981 (with the following articles: Godard, press conference by Hanns Zischler, interview with the cameramen William Lubtchansky and Renato Berta, interview with the sound engineer Luc Yersin, With the courage of desperation from conversations about the film).
Web links
- Save yourself if you can in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Save yourself werkann at Rotten Tomatoes ( Memento from November 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Review in Der Spiegel
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.swissfilms.ch/de/film_search/filmdetails/-/id_film/2117419846/synopsis/fr/src/148/id_prog/92/search/0
- ↑ [1] Der Spiegel, November 23, 1981, p. 218.
- ↑ Save yourself who can. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .