
A symphony in three movements. Things such as a Mediterranean cruise, numerous conversations in numerous languages, between the passengers, almost all of whom are on holiday - Our Europe. At night, a sister and her younger brother have summoned their parents to appear before the court of their childhood. The children demand serious explanations of the themes of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Our Humanities. Visits to six sites of true or false myths: Egypt, Palestine, Odes... (Full plot summary below)
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A symphony in three movements. Things such as a Mediterranean cruise, numerous conversations in numerous languages, between the passengers, almost all of whom are on holiday - Our Europe. At night, a sister and her younger brother have summoned their parents to appear before the court of their childhood. The children demand serious explanations of the themes of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Our Humanities. Visits to six sites of true or false myths: Egypt, Palestine, Odessa, Hellas, Naples, and Barcelona.
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| Movie MetropolisChristopher LongThe movie's critique of globalization ... is vast in scope, and the fragmented narrative is replete with allusions. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin CliffordOnly die hard Jean-Luc Godard fans could appreciate this failed experiment. I am not a die hard fan. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThis is Godard's most focused statement in years. Yet what he's saying is often leftist agitprop. |
| VarietyJordan MintzerOnly ardent followers will gravitate to this enigmatic work. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoYou would be hard-pressed to use the word "accessible" to describe Film Socialisme, and that's exactly the way the master wants it. |
| Village VoiceJ. HobermanFilm Socialisme deflects interpretation but, so long as one subscribes to the William Carlos Williams injunction "No ideas but in things," it's filled with sensuous pleasures. |
| Slant MagazineAaron CutlerGodard has always used clips from and references to other movies in his work, and here he goes further to use other forms of media. |
| eFilmCritic.comPeter SobczynskiThe artistic fire that has driven him for the past half-century is still blazing away after all these years. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThose receptive to Godard's sense of humor will find Film Socialisme an elusive yet expansive provocation. Those less receptive will find it elusive, period. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura Clifford..a technically ambitious effort for such an aged filmmaker, with changing visual styles and disjunctive sound design, but its substance feels juvenile, as if merely throwing out a wide net of provocative constructs would form them into a coherent essay. |