Hail Mary

Hail Mary

Director: Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville Cast: Myriem Roussel
Myriem Roussel
, Thierry Rode
Thierry Rode
, Philippe Lacoste
Philippe Lacoste
Jean-Luc Godard
Hail Mary

Hail Mary

Director: Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville Cast: Myriem Roussel
Myriem Roussel
, Thierry Rode
Thierry Rode
, Philippe Lacoste
Philippe Lacoste
Jean-Luc Godard

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Overview

Hail Mary is Jean-Luc Godard's first sustained examination of modern spiritual life. This complex episodic film parallels the story of a contemporary Joseph (Theirry Rode) and Mary (Myriem Roussel) with that of a science class studying the origins of life on earth. Joseph is a cab driver and Mary plays on a woman's basketball team. A thuggish angel (Philippe Lacoste) tells Mary that she is with child. When she tells Joseph that she is pregnant, he accuses Mary of having cheated on him. The professor of the science class (Johan Leysen), who is having an affair with one of his students (Anne Gauthier), presents the theory that life came to earth from somewhere else in the universe. Godard organizes scenes from these two narratives into an essay about the relationship between the spirit and the body, and how being is born from nothingness. The film is filled with images of light cascading over the Swiss countryside. Godard often has his cinematographers Jean-Bernard Menoud and Jacques Firmann shoot directly into the sun and capture ravishing shots of pure luminosity. Hail Mary is introduced by a short film by Godard's frequent directing partner Anne-Marie Mi?ville entitled The Book Of Mary, the story of a young girl named Marie whose parents separate. Mi?ville's film continues the philosophical reflection on children that she and Godard started in Num?ro deux(Number Two).

Product Details

Release Date: 01/07/2014
UPC: 0741952740995
Original Release: 1985
Source: Cohen Media Group
Sound: [Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language: English
Time: 1:50:00

Special Features

Three featurettes previously not available in the U.S.; Short film The Book of Mary; Notes on Hail Mary, Jean-Luc Godard's video notebook; Feature-length Audio Commentary by Director Hal Hartley and Museum of the Moving Image Chief Curator David Schwartz; Booklet essays by film critic David Sterritt and Boston University lecturer Charles Warren; Trailers

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Myriem Roussel Mary
Thierry Rode Joseph
Philippe Lacoste Gabriel
Juliette Binoche Juliette
Manon Anderson Girl
Malachi Jara Kohan Jesus
Johan Leysen Professor
Anne Gauthier Eva
Manon Andersen Actor
Dick Arthur
Anne Gautier Eva

Technical Credits
Jean-Luc Godard Director,Screenwriter
Yves Peyrot Producer
Alain Sarde Producer
Philippe Malignon Producer
François Pellissier Producer
Anne-Marie Miéville Director
François Musy Sound/Sound Designer
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