The Power of Speech

25m
DramaRomance
5.6

Godard blends elements of literature, cinema and other artistic medias from different historical periods in order to make a stance on how words can be subverted and manipulated to many different contexts, sometimes bearing a similar significance to the original material or even creating an alternate context.

Cast

Jean Bouise
Agatos
Laurence Côte
Oïnos
Lydia Andréï
Woman Who Talks to Frank
Jean-Michel Irribaren
Frank

Crew

Jean-Luc Godard
Director, Writer
Haroun Tazieff
Writer
Edgar Allan Poe
Short Story
Charles Baudelaire
Short Story
James M. Cain
Novel
Caroline Champetier
Director of Photography
Pierre Binggeli
Director of Photography
Marie-Christine Barrière
Producer
Hervé Duhamel
Producer
Philippe Malignon
Producer
Laurence Guindollet
Costume Design
François Musy
Sound
Pierre-Alain Besse
Sound
Marc-Antoine Beldent
Sound
Johann Sebastian Bach
Music
Bob Dylan
Music
Ludwig van Beethoven
Music
John Cage
Music
Richard Strauss
Music
César Franck
Music
Maurice Ravel
Music
Leonard Cohen
Music

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