Le Mépris

A sumptuously stylish study of a rocky marriage, starring Brigitte Bardot and Michel Piccoli.


A sumptuously stylish study of a rocky marriage and fraught professional relationships, Godard’s unusually straightforward adaptation of a novel by Moravia is also his most hauntingly beautiful film.

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4 September
Regent St Cinema

11 October
South Hill Park

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