description Le Petit Soldat Overview
Le Petit Soldat is a 1960 film by Jean-Luc Godard, featuring Anna Karina and Michel Subor. Initial release was postponed due to censorship until 1963, marking its debut as Godard’s first collaboration with Karina. It stands as the third of his films to be publicly shown.
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info Le Petit Soldat Specifications
| Country | France |
| Year | 1963 |
help Le Petit Soldat FAQ
Why was Le Petit Soldat banned in France until 1963?
French authorities blocked the film because of its treatment of the Algerian War, torture, and competing French and Algerian political networks. Godard shot it in 1960, but audiences in France did not receive its general release until 1963.
Which side is Bruno Forestier on in Le Petit Soldat?
Bruno is a French deserter in Geneva who works with a right-wing anti-independence organization but resists carrying out an assassination. His uncertainty is central to the film, which refuses to give him a stable heroic allegiance.
Was Le Petit Soldat Anna Karina's first film with Jean-Luc Godard?
Yes, it was their first completed collaboration, although censorship meant audiences saw other Godard and Karina films earlier. Karina plays Véronica Dreyer opposite Michel Subor's Bruno.
Does the quote about photography and truth come from Le Petit Soldat?
Yes. Bruno, who works as a photographer, delivers the film's famous idea that photography is truth and cinema is truth 24 times per second.
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