Every Man for Himself

Sauve qui peut (la vie)
Jean-Luc Godard
Part of

56th New York Film Festival

September 28 - October 14, 2018

What Godard called his “second first film” is a moving portrait of restless, intertwining lives, and the myriad forms of self-debasement and survival in a capitalist state, with Jacques Dutronc, Nathalie Baye, Isabelle Huppert, and, in an unforgettable anti-cameo, the voice of Marguerite Duras.

DIRECTOR
Jean-Luc Godard
YEAR
1980
COUNTRY
France / Austria / West Germany / Switzerland
RUNTIME
87 minutes
LANGUAGE
French with English subtitles
ORIGINAL TITLE
Sauve qui peut (la vie)

“Dan jumped straight to the point,” wrote Toby in her book The New Yorker Theater and Other Scenes from a Life at the Movies. “‘I love your work and would like to distribute anything you make.’” Over the years, New Yorker handled many of Godard’s films, including his return to 35mm character-based storytelling after a decade of experimentation in video. What Godard called his “second first film” is a moving portrait of restless, intertwining lives, and the myriad forms of self-debasement and survival in a capitalist state, with Jacques Dutronc (as “Paul Godard”), Nathalie Baye, Isabelle Huppert, and, in an unforgettable anti-cameo, the voice of Marguerite Duras. An NYFF18 selection.

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