1982 · drama · cinema · art
Passion
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard1h 27m1982
While shooting a film, the director becomes interested in the unfolding struggle of a young factory worker that has been laid off by a boss who did not like her union activities.
Our read: Passion (1982) reads as a sombre, measured, surreal drama · cinema · art entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / cinema, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- inventive
- signature
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