contempt
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Contempt

1hr 42mins
Directed by
Jean-Luc Godard
Featuring
Brigitte Bardot,
Jack Palance,
Michel Piccoli,
Fritz Lang
Film Language
in French with English subtitles
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Jean-Luc Godard’s subversive foray into commercial filmmaking is a star-studded Cinemascope epic. 

Contempt (Le Mépris) stars Michel Piccoli as a screenwriter torn between the demands of a proud European director (played by legendary director Fritz Lang), a crude and arrogant American producer (Jack Palance), and his disillusioned wife, Camille (Brigitte Bardot), as he attempts to doctor the script for a new film version of The Odyssey.

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