A series of vignettes about youth culture in current day urban France are presented. These vignettes are tied together by a central thread, the story of twenty-one year old Paul (Jean-Pierre Léaud), who witnesses or overhears many of these happenings.
I am not sure that I am a fan of Godard. Some of his films I like quite a bit, but it seems he has the problem of many prolific directors: the more he makes, the greatest chances of making a bad film. Not to say this is a bad one, but I would by no means say it is among his best. And he has a weird love of atonal music, which I do not think helps matters.
There is certainly a cultural relevance here. The film is said to tackle the generation that has Coca-Cola and Marx, which I suppose would be France in the 1960s (and to a lesser extent the United States). The greatest revolutionary decade of the 1900s, but also a time when the youth were living comfortably.
I am not sure that I am a fan of Godard. Some of his films I like quite a bit, but it seems he has the problem of many prolific directors: the more he makes, the greatest chances of making a bad film. Not to say this is a bad one, but I would by no means say it is among his best. And he has a weird love of atonal music, which I do not think helps matters.
There is certainly a cultural relevance here. The film is said to tackle the generation that has Coca-Cola and Marx, which I suppose would be France in the 1960s (and to a lesser extent the United States). The greatest revolutionary decade of the 1900s, but also a time when the youth were living comfortably.