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NUMÉRO DEUX

by Jean-Luc Godard

synopsis

Three generations of a working class French family living together, and argues against traditional concepts of eroticism, instead referring the characters' sexual parameters to a whole series of complex emotions which in turn relate to any number of separate factors, political and social. The frustrations of Sandrine, a constipated wife and her impotent husband are explored in this experimental film that was originally a video tape. The eccentric couple are quite frustrated by their bodies. Throughout the film many bizarre things happen. For example, to teach their children about sex, they do it right in front of them. The grandparents also talk to the camera buck naked.

original title: Numéro deux
country: France
year: 1975
genre: fiction
directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
film run: 88'
release date: FR 24/09/1975, DK 17/12/1976, PT 1976, DE 25/03/1977, NL 02/02/2010, PL 23/07/2010, GR 15/06/2014
screenplay: Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville
cast: Sandrine Battistella, Pierre Oudrey, Alexandre Rignault
cinematography by: William Lubtchansky
producer: Georges de Beauregard, Jean-Pierre Rassam

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