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First Name: Carmen

First Name: Carmen

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 4, 1983

Runtime

1h 25m

Genres

Drama, Comedy, Romance

User Score

60%

Original Title

Prénom Carmen

Production Companies

Sara Films, JLG Films, Films A2

Director

Jean-Luc Godard

Description

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.