Oh, Woe Is MeDirected by Jean-Luc Godard
Produced by Les Films Alain Sarde
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 1 h 24 min
French release : 08/09/1993
Production year : 1993
DirectorActorsSynopsisThe film was inspired by a text by nineteenth-century Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi. Tracing humanity's slow and erratic evolution, Leopardi tried to express the anguish, concern and turmoil felt by the Creator in the face of relentless human misadventures.
The film also draws on the legend of Alcmene and Amphitryon (already dramatized by playrights like Plautus, Molière, Kliest and Giraudoux), illustrating God's desire to physically experience the truth of human desire, suffering and pleasure. This entails knowing how love begins, how it blossoms, how it leads to creation. Plus how it inhabits fingers, breast, cheeks and eyes, and why its eternal and powerful charm almost inevitably ends in quarrels, tears, bloodshed and war.
But what can a simple mortal offer God, especially if she refuses immortality ? Production photos (8)
Posters gallery (2)Production and distributionAssociate production company : Les Films Alain Sarde
Co-production : Peripheria
Foreign production company : Vega Film, RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse
Film export/Foreign Sales : Studiocanal
French distribution : Wild Bunch Distribution, Pan-Européenne
Full creditsExecutive Producer : Alain Sarde
Assistant Directors : Frédéric Jardin, Agathe Grau, Natalie Engelstein
Screenwriter : Jean-Luc Godard
Directors of Photography : Julien Hirsch, Caroline Champetier
Sound Recordists : François Musy, Pierre-Alain Besse, Nicole Vidal
Editor : Jean-Luc Godard
Costume Designer : Valérie Buck (de)
Technical detailsFeature film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Psychological drama, Metaphysical investigation
Production language : French
Nationality : Majority French (France, Switzerland)
Production year : 1993
French release : 08/09/1993
Runtime : 1 h 24 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 80.163
Visa issue date : 30/07/1993
Approval : Yes
Color type : Color
Sound format : Dolby A
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