Stockholm Film Festival

The French writer Paul Javal is hired to rewrite the screenplay for a new movie based on Homer's Odyssey. The film's director is Fritz Lang (playing himself) and the producer is a loudmouthed and self-indulgent American named Prokosch. When Javal and Prokosch meet, the American makes it more or less clear that he is interested in Javal's beautiful wife Camille. Soon Javal seems to be trying to find opportunities for Prokosch and Camille to be alone. Or is it just Camille's imagination? Her confusion slowly changes into contempt for her husband and their relationship winds up in a downward spiral of unspoken intentions and complex emotions.

Meanwhile, in an interesting parallel, Fritz Lang struggles to keep the movie production afloat.

Peter Wiholm

Orig. titel

Le mépris

Medverkande

Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, Fritz Lang

Producent

Carlo Ponti

Manus

Jean-Luc Godard

Foto

Raoul Coutard

Musik

Georges Delarue, Piero Piccioni

Talat språk

French

 

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