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| Directed by | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Written by | Alberto Moravia (novel) Jean-Luc Godard |
| Produced by | Carlo Ponti Georges de Beauregard Joseph E. Levine |
| Starring | Brigitte Bardot Michel Piccoli Jack Palance Giorgia Moll Fritz Lang |
| Cinematography | Raoul Coutard |
| Edited by | Agnès Guillemot Lila Lakshmanan |
| Music by | Georges Delerue Piero Piccioni |
| Distributed by | Embassy Pictures Corporation |
| Release dates | October 29, 1963 |
| Running time | 103 min. |
| Language | French/English/German/Italian |
| Budget | $900,000 (estimated) |
Contempt (original French title Le Mépris, Italian title Il Disprezzo) is a film released in 1963, directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
It was based on Alberto Moravia's 1954 Italian-language novel Il disprezzo.
Plot
Template:Spoiler American movie producer Jeremy Prokosch (Jack Palance) hires respected Austrian director Fritz Lang (playing himself) to direct a film adaptation of Homer's Odyssey. Dissatisfied with Lang's treatment of the material as an art film, Prokosch hires Paul Javal (Michel Piccoli), a novelist and playwright, to rework the script. The conflict between artistic expression and commercial opportunity parallels Paul's sudden estrangement from his wife Camille (Brigitte Bardot), who is mysteriously aloof to him after being left alone with his boss, the millionaire playboy Prokosch.
In a notable sequence, the characters played by Piccoli and Bardot wander through their apartment alternately arguing and reconciling, Bardot playing the petulant young wife in a way that became definitive of the style. The sequence was memorably filmed in an extended series of tracking shots, in natural light and in near real-time.
Where it was Filmed
Contempt was filmed and takes place entirely in Italy, with location shooting at the landmark Cinecittà studios near Rome and the Casa Malaparte on Capri.
The film is often considered one of Godard's best, and an integral entry of the French New Wave. It was inducted into the Criterion Collection in 2002 as Spine #171.
Trivia
Camille Javal is Brigitte Bardot's real name.