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Sauve Qui Peut (la Vie), a pessimistic but visually stunning film, marks Jean-Luc Godard's return to cinema after having spent the 70s working in video. The film presents a few days in the lives of three people: Paul Godard (Jacques Dutronc ), a television producer; Denise Rimbaud (Nathalie Baye), his co-worker and ex-.. Read more

Starring	Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Nathalie Baye, Marguerite Duras
Director	Jean-Luc Godard
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- Godard's return to celluloid after a decade of experiment in video is in one sense forced: the sources of finance for... read more on Time Out
- 46008
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:16
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  - 3
  goddard?
  
  I admit I only had it on as background to doing something else and it didn't really capture my attention much, but that could be my fault. All i ... read more »
  
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  - 26 Aug 2007 at 15:19
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- - 3
  - 0
  A funny film
  
  This is a brilliant, funny anguished movie. Goddard manages to compress unlike things into an apparently offhand amalgam; sex is mixed with filial grumbling, ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 19 Feb 2009 at 11:43
- - 0
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  Confused and Misanthropic
  
  I rented this to see if this film would change my impression of Godard. It hasn't. Despite the critical acclaim he is given, I have often found his films ... read more »
  
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  - Heywood
  - 18 Jan 2009 at 13:07
- - 5
  - 1
  very slow
  
  There are French films and there are French films and this one falls into the second category.
  
  Brilliantly acted but incredibly boring. Nothing seems... read more »
  
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- - stuartc
  - 1 review
  - Uxbridge
  - 02 Feb 2008 at 12:46
- - 18
  - 3
  goddard?
  
  I admit I only had it on as background to doing something else and it didn't really capture my attention much, but that could be my fault. All i ... read more »
  
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  - londdon, england
  - 26 Aug 2007 at 15:19
- - 0
  - 0
  Dull.
  
  Difficult to sit through without fidgeting, so few are this film's interesting ideas; it begs for revisits, but doesn't do anything to deserve such ... read more »
  
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- - Michael Pattison
  - Gateshead, England.
  - 21 Dec 2006 at 23:18
- - 1
  - 1
  Neither good for Godard fans nor French Cinema.
  
  'Slow Motion' is not good for Godard fans because, in an attempt to be commercially succesful, the director overstretches himself with three ... read more »
  
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- - Gary Sinclair-Stedman
  - Plymouth, Devon
  - 30 Jun 2006 at 12:02
- - 0
  - 0
  Slow indeed!
  
  A must see if only to appreciate it's place in French movie history, marking the much needed come-back of Godard. The movie is littered with references, ... read more »
  
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- - Miles Chapman
  - Folkestone, Kent
  - 28 Apr 2006 at 22:56
- - 1
  - 1
  So French, so obscure
  
  This is what the French do best, make films where people do and say wierd stuff, smoke and get naked.
  
  In this film people do and say wierd stuff, ... read more »
  
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- - Vien
  - 8 reviews
  - Weybridge
  - 09 Feb 2006 at 12:25
- - 5
  - 0
  Slow Motion
  
  Apparently people were excited by Jean Luc Godard returning to making feature films with this effort. It's hard to see why. The cast do their best and, to ... read more »
  
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- - SAI81
  - 360 reviews
  - Tonbridge
  - 28 Jan 2006 at 19:12
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- - 18
  - 3
  goddard?
  
  I admit I only had it on as background to doing something else and it didn't really capture my attention much, but that could be my fault. All i ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 469360
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - londdon, england
  - 26 Aug 2007 at 15:19
- - 5
  - 0
  Slow Motion
  
  Apparently people were excited by Jean Luc Godard returning to making feature films with this effort. It's hard to see why. The cast do their best and, to ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 199792
- - SAI81
  - 360 reviews
  - Tonbridge
  - 28 Jan 2006 at 19:12
- - 5
  - 1
  very slow
  
  There are French films and there are French films and this one falls into the second category.
  
  Brilliantly acted but incredibly boring. Nothing seems... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 520998
- - stuartc
  - 1 review
  - Uxbridge
  - 02 Feb 2008 at 12:46
- - 3
  - 0
  A funny film
  
  This is a brilliant, funny anguished movie. Goddard manages to compress unlike things into an apparently offhand amalgam; sex is mixed with filial grumbling, ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 711768
- - a customer
  - London
  - 19 Feb 2009 at 11:43
- - 1
  - 1
  So French, so obscure
  
  This is what the French do best, make films where people do and say wierd stuff, smoke and get naked.
  
  In this film people do and say wierd stuff, ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 204687
- - Vien
  - 8 reviews
  - Weybridge
  - 09 Feb 2006 at 12:25
- - 0
  - 0
  Slow indeed!
  
  A must see if only to appreciate it's place in French movie history, marking the much needed come-back of Godard. The movie is littered with references, ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 238561
- - Miles Chapman
  - Folkestone, Kent
  - 28 Apr 2006 at 22:56
- - 1
  - 1
  Neither good for Godard fans nor French Cinema.
  
  'Slow Motion' is not good for Godard fans because, in an attempt to be commercially succesful, the director overstretches himself with three ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 259601
- - Gary Sinclair-Stedman
  - Plymouth, Devon
  - 30 Jun 2006 at 12:02
- - 0
  - 0
  Dull.
  
  Difficult to sit through without fidgeting, so few are this film's interesting ideas; it begs for revisits, but doesn't do anything to deserve such ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 396470
- - Michael Pattison
  - Gateshead, England.
  - 21 Dec 2006 at 23:18
- - 0
  - 0
  Confused and Misanthropic
  
  I rented this to see if this film would change my impression of Godard. It hasn't. Despite the critical acclaim he is given, I have often found his films ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 690155
- - a customer
  - Heywood
  - 18 Jan 2009 at 13:07

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Critics' reviews
- Godard's return to celluloid after a decade of experiment in video is in one sense forced: the sources of finance for... read more on Time Out
- 46008
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:16
- A tenderly vicious and expertly adventurous parody of modern life
- 39232
- - Time Out
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:16
- Godard remains as rigorous and quirky and as stimulating as ever
- 39231
- - The Times
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:16
- Breathtakingly beautiful and often very funny
- 39230
- - New York Times
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:16

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  Sauve Qui Peut (la Vie), a pessimistic but visually stunning film, marks Jean-Luc Godard's return to cinema after having spent the 70s working in video. The film presents a few days in the lives of three people: Paul Godard (Jacques Dutronc ), a television producer; Denise Rimbaud (Nathalie Baye), ...