Contempt (film)
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| French | Le Mépris |
| Directed by | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Screenplay by | Jean-Luc Godard (uncredited) |
| Based on | Il disprezzo 1954 novel by Alberto Moravia |
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| Cinematography | Raoul Coutard |
| Edited by | Agnès Guillemot |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
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| Budget | $1 million |
| Box office | 1,597,870 admissions (France) |
Contempt (French: Le Mépris) is a 1963 French New Wave drama film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, based on Alberto Moravia’s 1954 novel Il disprezzo. It follows a playwright, Paul Javal, whose marriage begins to fall apart during the troubled production of a film adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey. The film stars Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang, and Giorgia Moll.