Rating: PG
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release: 10/29/1963(Italy),
Release Date: 12/10/2002
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: French/English
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 104 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Criterion

Contempt is the story of the end of a marriage. Camille (Brigitte Bardot) falls out of love with her husband Paul (Michel Piccoli) while he is rewriting the screenplay Odyssey by American producer Jeremiah Prokosch (Jack Palance). Just as the director of Prokosch's film, Fritz Lang, says that The Odyssey is the story of individuals confronting their situations in a real world, Le Mépris itself is an examination of the position of the filmmaker in the commercial cinema. Godard himself was facing this situation in the production of Le Mépris. Italian producer Carlo Ponti had given him the biggest budget of his career, and he found himself working with a star of Bardot's magnitude for the first time.

~ Louis Schwartz, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Brigitte Bardot - Camille Javal
Michel Piccoli - Paul Javal
Jack Palance - Jeremy Prokosch
Fritz Lang - Himself
Giorgia Moll - Francesca Vanini
Linda Véras - Siren

Production:
Jean-Luc Godard - Director
Joseph E. Levine Carlo Ponti Georges de Beauregard - Producer
Georges Delerue - Composer
Agnès Guillemot Lila Lakshmanan - Editor
Jean-Luc Godard - Screen Writer
Alberto Moravia - Book Author
Raoul Coutard - Cinematographer
Janine Autre - Costume Designer
Charles Bitsch - First Assistant Director
Carlo Lastricati - Production Manager
Philippe Dussart - Production Manager
William Robert Sivel - Sound/Sound Designer

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