Le Petit Soldat (re-release)

Name: Le Petit Soldat (re-release)
Genre: Drama, War
Released: March 8, 2013
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 97
Cast: Anna Karina, Michel Subor

2013

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Rialto Pictures | Release Date: March 8, 2013 | Not Rated

Starring: Anna Karina, Michel Subor

Summary: During the Algerian war for independence, a French photo-journalist living in Geneva finds himself caught between two terrorist groups representing opposite sides of the struggle.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard

Genre(s): Drama, War

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 88 min

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100

Betsy Sharkey

Apr 24, 2013

Beyond the timelessness of the story itself, the film is beautifully shot and though early in Godard’s career already showcased his ability to capture emotional intensity in the very way he frames the shots. Read full review

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Mar 5, 2013

Even this early in his career, Godard knew how to make audiences viscerally experience and contemplate things they might otherwise not have wanted to. Read full review

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Roger Ebert

Mar 5, 2013

Starting with Le Petit Soldat, Godard was forging his own individualistic art and becoming the most relevant director of our time. Read full review

Scott Foundas

Mar 5, 2013

It’s a classic espionage plot shot through with a typically heady mix of art and literary references: Klee and Velázquez, Bach and Haydn, Bernanos and Musil. Read full review

Drew Hunt

Mar 5, 2013

Compared to "Breathless," Le Petit Soldat's images suggest a stronger sense of place, as characters seem inextricably linked to their environment. Overall, the film lacks the artifice of Hollywood cinema, which Godard admired but was looking to move past after catching flack from the French left wing. Read full review

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EpicLadySponge

May 12, 2016

Le Petit Soldat is everything but negative insults towards a movie. Watch it again for big proof of how did 2013 turn out to be a great year for me and movies (sort of).

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S2P_cinephile

Aug 20, 2023

Photography is truth. The cinema is truth 24 times per second. So is the beauty of Anna Karina and Godard style.

The narrative was flaw as usual like many expermental films, yet the Godard style was strongly flooded in here. His political views, nonlinear narrative, handheld camera andPhotography is truth. The cinema is truth 24 times per second. So is the beauty of Anna Karina and Godard style.

The narrative was flaw as usual like many expermental films, yet the Godard style was strongly flooded in here. His political views, nonlinear narrative, handheld camera and absolutely, his thoughts of existentialism.

However, I honestly am unpleasure with sound recording & mixing in this film, it's just too hard to ignore or overlook of how bad and unnatural it was. The actings were neither natural, but, thankfully, the editing was on point and plus, camera work was pretty fine, some scenes even looked gorgeous like a gem in B&W.

Speaking of gorgeous B&W images, Anna Karina looked stunning through black-and-white cinematograghy in this film. Every scene she's on screen, she would immediately be a queen of the scenes. In other words, I'm so glad to see Godard literally used the real magic of cinema on his wife successfully.… Expand

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