Contempt
- 1963
- 1h 42min
- Not Rated
Original title: Le mépris
Drama, Romance
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Alberto Moravia, Jean-Luc Godard
- Rome Paris Films, Les Films Concordia, Compagnia Cinematografica Champion
- Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, Fritz Lang, Raoul Coutard, Jean-Luc Godard, Linda Veras
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Contempt (French: Le Mépris) is a 1963 French New Wave drama film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, based on Alberto Moravia’s 1954 novel Il disprezzo. It follows a playwright, Paul Javal, whose marriage begins to fall apart during the troubled production of a film adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey. The film stars Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang, and Giorgia Moll.