At Godard, women are made to distribute the
New York Herald Tribune
in white T-shirts on the Champs-Élysées.
They are married, dance the madison in cafes to the sound of the jukebox, read the
Little Red Book
.
They die in Alfa Romeos or are stuck in gigantic traffic jams.
By the sea, they don't know what to do.
“A woman is a woman”, of course.
The actresses, they are not just anyone.
It all starts with Jean Seberg.
Godard spotted her in
Hello Sadness
.
“
Seberg was an actress that I wanted to do a lot of little things that I liked.
" They meet.
Comment from the American:
A young, bespectacled, incredibly introverted, unkempt-looking man who never looks me in the eye when he talks
.”
On screen, she'll lick her goatee lips to mimic Bogart, say in a charming accent,
"What the hell is that, gross?"
Belmondo will ask him if he can pee in his…
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