Redoubtable (film)

Redoubtable
Theatrical release poster
FrenchLe Redoutable
Directed byMichel Hazanavicius
Screenplay byMichel Hazanavicius
Based onUn an après
by Anne Wiazemsky
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGuillaume Schiffman
Edited by
Production
companies
Distributed byStudioCanal
Release dates
  • 21 May 2017 (2017-05-21) (Cannes)
  • 13 September 2017 (2017-09-13) (France)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$12.2 million[1]
Box office$1.3 million[2]

Redoubtable (French: Le Redoutable), released in the United States as Godard Mon Amour, is a 2017 French biographical comedy-drama film written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius about the affair of filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard with actress Anne Wiazemsky in the late 1960s, during the making of his film La Chinoise (1967). It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.[3][4]

Cast

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 54% based on 89 reviews, and an average rating of 5.8/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Godard Mon Amour imagines a chapter from Jean-Luc Godard's life with no shortage of whimsy, but lacks its subject's essential inspiration."[5] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 55 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]

References

  1. ^ "Le Redoutable (2017)". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Godard Mon Amour (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  3. ^ "The 2017 Official Selection". Cannes Film Festival. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  4. ^ Winfrey, Graham (13 April 2017). "2017 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup: Todd Haynes, Sofia Coppola, 'Twin Peaks' and More". IndieWire. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Godard Mon Amour (Le redoutable)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Godard Mon Amour". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 May 2018.