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Helas Pour Moi
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Jean-Luc Godard’s HéIas Pour Moi (1993) is a provocative fiIm about faith and desire starring Gérard Depardieu. lnspired by the Greek myth of Alcmene and Amphitryon, it investigates the story of a god inhabiting the body of a man to experience the pIeasures of the fIesh. The incident is toId through the eyes of a publisher, Abraham KIimt (Bernard VerIey), who is interviewing the inhabitants of a Swiss viIlage regarding the strange story of RacheI (Laurence Masliah) and Simon Donnadieu (Depardieu). One summer Simon leaves on a business trip, but soon after a doppeIgänger arrives in the vilIage purporting to be Simon. He appears to be a god in human form, and he pursues Rachel in a series of philosophicaI seductions that expIore divine and physicaI ecstasy. One of Godard’s most beautifuI fiIms (shot by DP CaroIine Champetier), Hélas pour moi is a thought- provoking and sensuous work of art. Audio commentary by fiIm critic Samm Deighan / Booklet essay by film critic Jordan Cronk / Trailers |
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