1983 · crime · drama · opera
First Name: Carmen
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard1h 25m1983
A woman involved with a terrorist group becomes dangerously close to the police officer guarding the bank they plan to rob.
Our read: First Name: Carmen (1983) reads as a sombre, measured, surreal crime · drama · opera entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured crime / drama, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- inventive
- signature
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