Contempt = Le Mepris

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When aspiring playwright Paul Javal (Michel Piccoli) is called in as script doctor on a film of The Odyssey, he is caught between a director (Fritz Lang) who wants to capture the reality of Homer’s world, and crass producer Prokosch (Jack Palance) who just wants more mermaids. As his artistic integrity gradually succumbs to the power of Prakosch’s chequebook, his wife Camille (Bardot) regards him with increasing contempt. This video includes the original cinema trailer.

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Credits

director

Jean-Luc Godard

co-producer

Carlo Ponti

Georges de Beauregard

production company

C C Champion (Rome)

Concordia

Rome Paris Films

Duration

01:43:00:00

Production places

Italy

Production dates

1963

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

308039

Language

Italian

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Drama

Drama → New wave films → New wave films - France

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - France

Foreign language films

History → Homer

Literature → Homer

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q598109

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Italy, 1963

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