Vladimir and Rosa

IMDb link: 0066532
IMDb rating: 5.8 (666 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Jean-Luc Godard, Groupe Dziga Vertov, Juliet Berto, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Frankie Dymon, Groupe Dziga Vertov
Cast: Yves Afonso and others

Release date: 16 Apr 1971
Release year: 1971
Runtime: 103 minutes
Country: France, West Germany
Keywords: reference to vladimir lenin, voice over narration, political cinema, red paint used as blood, police violence, reference to daniel cohn bendit, reference to the black panthers, political activism, student activism, miscarriage of justice

Plot:

In Godard and Gorin's free interpretation of the Chicago Eight trial, Judge Hoffman becomes Judge Himmler (who doodles notes on Playboy centerfolds), the Chicago Eight become microcosms of French revolutionary society, and Godard and Gorin play Lenin and Karl Rosa, respectively, discussing politics and how to show them through the cinema.

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