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This experimental non-linear work, about five students who embrace Maoism, heralded the second wave of Godard’s filmmaking - The Revolutionary. Spending the summer in the bourgeois surrounds of a borrowed flat, the students become immersed in the doctrine of Chairman Mao’s Little Red Book, discussing methodologies (which include terrorism and assassination) to overthrow governmental systems. Heralded by some as groundbreaking cinema that subverted popular notions of filmmaking (recall Godard’s famous quote: “A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order”), “La Chinoise” also confounded many Godard admirers with its obscure polemic. Cast includes: Juliet Berto, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Anne Wiazemsky and Blandine Jeanson.
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ACMI Identifier
319212
Languages
English
French
French
Audience classification
M (15+)
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Foreign language films
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Terrorism
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Terrorism
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Communism
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Communism and social sciences
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Fanaticism
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → France - Politics and government
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Political science
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Socialism
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Student movements
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Students - Political activity
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Terrorism
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Students
Experimental → Experimental films - France
Feature films → Feature films - France
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Fanaticism
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
DVD; Access Print (Section 1)