First Name: Carmen
1983/12/01 • Released • French
The Revolutionary New Fable of Erotic Destiny from the Director of BREATHLESS and ALPHAVILLE
Overview
The protagonist is Carmen X, a sexy female member of a terrorist gang. She asks her uncle Jean, a washed-up film director if she can borrow his beachside house to make a film with some friends, but they are in fact planning to rob a bank. During the robbery she falls in love with a security guard. The film intercuts between Carmen's escape with the guard, her uncle's attempt to make a comeback film, and a string quartet attempting to perform Beethoven.
Director : Jean-Luc Godard
Casts
Maruschka Detmers
Carmen X
Jacques Bonnaffé
Joseph Bonnaffé
Myriem Roussel
Claire
Christophe Odent
Gang Leader
Pierre-Alain Chapuis
Bertrand Liebert
Carmen's Bodyguard
Hippolyte Girardot
Fred
Odile Roire
Valérie Dréville
Nurse
Christine Pignet
Jacques Villeret
The Man Who Eats Yogurt
Eloïse Beaune
Eloïse (uncredited)
Sacha Briquet
Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
Jean-Luc Godard
Uncle Jeannot (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
The Screaming Patient (uncredited)
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