Jean-Luc Godard had undoubtedly thought of Living his life (1962) in the manner of a playwright.
It is one of his films which comes closest to classical tragedy.
Nana is a young woman in her twenties.
The first name Nana is a reference to Zola's novel, but also Anna's anagram.
Anna like Anna Karina who was the muse of the filmmaker.
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Nana dreams of becoming an actress.
She left her child and Paul, her husband.
Having become a salesperson, she does not earn enough a living.
So she indulges in prostitution as an amateur before turning professional.
One day, she meets Raoul, a pimp, then falls in love with a young man.
Raoul, who is not a romantic, decides to sell her to another network.
The end will of course be melodramatic: Nana will die under the bullets at the place of her work, that is to say in the gutter.
The poor girl was, morbid fatalism obliges, condemned in advance.
Directed by Charles Berling, this theatrical adaptation which, at the right time ...
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