Hail Mary (film)
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Directed by | Jean-Luc Godard |
Written by | Jean-Luc Godard |
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Edited by | Anne-Marie Miéville |
Distributed by | Sara Films |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Hail Mary (
Plot
Marie, a student, works at her father's Swiss gas station and plays basketball for a local team; she claims to be a virgin and maintains a chaste relationship with her boyfriend Joseph, a taxi cab driver and college dropout. Joseph remains loyal to Marie even though she will not sleep with him, and another girl, Juliette, entreats him to be with her. When a passing stranger named Uncle Gabriel (who arrives by jet plane and is accompanied by a small girl who acts as his secretary) informs Marie that she will become pregnant despite remaining chaste, she is at first shocked and confused. For his part, Joseph cannot believe that Marie can be pregnant and a virgin, so he accuses her of sleeping around. Gabriel aggressively schools Joseph to accept Marie's pregnancy, while Marie comes to terms with God's plan through meditations that are sometimes angry and usually punctuated by elemental images of the sun, moon, clouds, flowers, and water.
In a parallel narrative, Eva, a college student, gets involved with her professor, who theorizes that life on earth arose from a guided extraterrestrial intelligence. Unlike Marie, who does not allow Joseph to touch her sexually, Eva has an affair with her professor, who ultimately leaves her to go back east to his family, leaving her distraught.
With Gabriel's help, Marie teaches Joseph to "touch" her without touching her. Joseph pledges to act as Marie's shadow, to which she responds, "But isn't that what all men are, the shadow of God?" Alone, Marie wrestles with and then gives herself over to the divine process of her pregnancy. Joseph and Marie are wed and she gives birth to a son. Together they raise the boy, who eventually leaves his family to pursue "his father's business." In the end, Marie explores her sexuality, seeking to link her body and spirit.
Cast
- Myriem Roussel as Marie
- Thierry Rode as Joseph
- Philippe Lacoste as L'ange Gabriel
- Manon Andersen as La petite fille
- Juliette Binoche as Juliette
- Anne Gautier as Eva
Background
The point of departure for the film was a book by Françoise Dolto, the popular French pediatrician and psychoanalyst, called L'Évangile au risque de la psychanalyse.
Release
The film was first released in France on 23 January 1985.[2] It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] All screenings in its initial theatrical distribution were accompanied by the short film The Book of Mary (French: Le livre de Marie) by Godard's longtime companion and collaborator Anne-Marie Miéville.
The film receives home media release from the
Reception
Hail Mary's religious themes and scenes of
Hail Mary received mixed reviews, including one in the
At the Cannes Film Festival, Noël Godin, disappointed that Godard, in his opinion, made a religious film, threw a shaving cream pie into Godard's face, making international news.[15] Under heavy criticism, Godard attempted to withdraw the film from Italy, but his distributor was unable to do so.[15] He also claimed that the film is not about the Virgin Mary, but about "a young woman named Mary who, at a certain moment in her life, finds herself part of an exceptional event that she would never have wished for herself."[16] Despite the initial heavy criticism, the film has also been praised for its beautiful cinematography.[3]
Hail Mary currently holds a 70% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 10 reviews.[17]
References
- ^ a b "Berlinale: 1985 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ Hail Mary (1985) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-09-22
- ^ a b Je vous salue, Marie Spiral (Retrieved 24 February 2008)
- ^ The Last Great Godard Film Slate (Retrieved 24 February 2008)
- ^ HAIL MARY Archived 2007-10-24 at the Wayback Machine Moria (Retrieved 24 February 2008)
- ^ "Je vous salue Marie (1985) - JPBox-Office".
- ISBN 0-521-58971-1.
- ^ Silva, Eumano (10 January 2020). "Sarney tentou impedir brasileiros de ver um filme do Godard". Metrópoles (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ FILM FESTIVAL; GODARD'S 'HAIL MARY' New York Times (Retrieved 24 February 2008)
- ^ "Hail, Mary | review, synopsis, book tickets, showtimes, movie release date | Time Out London". Archived from the original on 2014-11-24. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
- ^ "Programmes - Error - Channel 4". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
- ISBN 0-394-75534-0.
- ^ "James Gunn says 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' will feature full frontal Groot nudity | EW.com". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ James Gunn [@JamesGunn] (July 4, 2016). "Hail Mary by Jean-Luc Godard" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 21 April 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b GODARD HAS A BAD DAY IN CANNES...AND TRIES TO WITHDRAW 'HAIL MARY' IN ITALY New York Times (Retrieved 24 February 2008)
- ^ The New York Times: Film Festival; Godar's "Hail Mary" Published October 7, 1985. Retrieved 1 April 2013
- ^ "Hail Mary". Rotten Tomatoes.
External links
- Hail Mary at IMDb
- Hail Mary at Rotten Tomatoes