Vivre sa Vie is a 1962 French New Wave drama written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, told in twelve episodic chapters. It follows Nana Kleinfrankenheim, a young Parisian who leaves her husband and son to pursue acting, cannot support herself, and gradually turns to prostitution before her life ends violently during a criminal transaction. Structured with distancing techniques drawn from Brechtian theater and built around the performance of Anna Karina as Nana, it won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1962 Venice Film Festival.
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28 August 1962 (Venice)
Vivre sa Vie, lead paragraph (Wikipedia), original language
'To Live Her Life: A Film in Twelve Scenes', pronounced [vivʁ(ə) sa vi]) is a 1962 French New Wave drama film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
In Medium: Film, Article lead sentence
Vivre sa vie (French: Vivre sa vie : film en douze tableaux, lit. 'To Live Her Life: A Film in Twelve Scenes', pronounced [vivʁ(ə) sa vi]) is a 1962 French New Wave drama film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
Created By: Jean-Luc Godard, Article lead sentence
Vivre sa vie (French: Vivre sa vie : film en douze tableaux, lit. 'To Live Her Life: A Film in Twelve Scenes', pronounced [vivʁ(ə) sa vi]) is a 1962 French New Wave drama film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
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