Je vous salue Marie

France / Switzerland / United Kingdom, 1985
FILM, Fiction, 105 min.

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directed by
Jean-Luc Godard
Written by
Jean-Luc Godard
Status
In distribution

A small town between a lake and the mountains. One day Maria, who works in a shop, is told that she will bear a child although she is a virgin. Joseph, the proprietor of a carpenter's workshop, is told just as mysteriously that he is to look after Maria. The film describes the events related in the New Testament, at the same time giving them a present-day setting. The emotional and psychological make-up of the woman and the destiny of the man/woman relationship are the central themes. Joy, love, freedom, work and longing are the concepts which the film traces and whose deeper meaning is revealed and presented for comparison with the viewer's own experiences.

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World Premiere
1985
Original Version
French,  colour, 35mm, 105 min.
Production
Sara Films, Pégase, JLG Films, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, Channel Four Television
Producer
directed by
Jean-Luc Godard
Written by
Jean-Luc Godard
Cinemato­graphy
Jacques Firmann
Editing
Anne-Marie Miéville
Location Sound Mix
François Musy

Cast

Myriem Roussel
Thierry Rode
Marie Poitou
Philippe Lacoste

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