{"id":77383,"date":"2021-10-17T13:27:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T20:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=77383"},"modified":"2022-01-16T23:31:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T06:31:47","slug":"petit-soldat-le-1963","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=77383","title":{"rendered":"Petit Soldat, Le (1963)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Accused of being a traitor, my only way out was to hit on the enemy.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Le-Petit-Soldat-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Le-Petit-Soldat-Poster-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-77384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Le-Petit-Soldat-Poster-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Le-Petit-Soldat-Poster-769x1024.png 769w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Le-Petit-Soldat-Poster-96x128.png 96w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Le-Petit-Soldat-Poster-768x1023.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Le-Petit-Soldat-Poster-203x270.png 203w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Le-Petit-Soldat-Poster.png 837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring the Algerian War, a French special agent (Michel Subor) is sent to Geneva to assassinate a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Liberation_Front_(Algeria)\">National Liberation Front of Algeria<\/a>, but gets distracted by his love for a beautiful woman (Anna Karina) with dubious political affiliations.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assassination<\/li>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Jean-Luc Godard Films<\/li>\n<li>Spies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nJean-Luc Godard made his second film &#8212; about the incredibly sticky topic of France&#8217;s involvement in Algeria &#8212; in response to critics who claimed his debut film (<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5963\"><em>Breathless<\/em><\/a>) was too apolitical. Ironically, Godard himself didn&#8217;t actually have strong views on the topic; he simply wanted to explore such ideas through cinema. It&#8217;s most notable for didactic scenes of torture, which resulted in the film being banned in France until 1963 despite being made in 1960: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Torture.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Torture.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Torture.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Torture-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Torture-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Torture-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Film fanatics may be most interested to see the scene in which Subor voices one of Godard&#8217;s most famous quotes: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Photography shows the truth. Cinema shows the truth at a rate of 24 times a second.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Photography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Photography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Photography.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Photography-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Photography-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Photography-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the film is (not surprisingly) quite talky and philosophical, with characters often simply walking across or in front of one another while saying things like: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;When you take a picture of a face, you take a picture of the soul behind it.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;In the &#8217;30s, young people had a revolution: Malraux, Drieu la Rochelle, Aragon. We have nothing. They had the Spanish Civil War; we don&#8217;t even have our own war. Aside from ourselves, our faces and voices, we have nothing.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;PeopIe look at me, but they don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m thinking. They&#8217;ll never know!&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>These quotes exemplify Godard&#8217;s obsession with meaning-making vis-a-vis a camera lens. Fans of his work will of course want to check this one out, but it&#8217;s not must-see viewing for all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> The film&#8217;s title seems to stem from a scene in which Subot has Karina complete a &#8220;test&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Drawing2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Drawing2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Drawing2.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Drawing2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Drawing2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Drawing2-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You know this is a test? It&#8217;s a drawing to discover a person&#8217;s character. I often use this on women. They love to be called little girls and to play like children.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Along with additional lines like the following: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Women should never get older than 25. Men become more handsome as they grow older, but women don&#8217;t age well.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230; we have yet more ample evidence of Godard&#8217;s objectifying views towards women. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Raoul Coutard&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Calling.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Calling.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Calling.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Calling-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Calling-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Calling-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Karina.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Karina.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Karina.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Karina-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Karina-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Petit-Soldat-Karina-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. Listed as a film with Historical Importance and a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0054177\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/81103\/le-petit-soldat#articles-reviews?articleId=1197\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slantmagazine.com\/film\/le-petit-soldat\/\">Slant Magazine Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Accused of being a traitor, my only way out was to hit on the enemy.&#8221; Synopsis: During the Algerian War, a French special agent (Michel Subor) is sent to Geneva to assassinate a member of the National Liberation Front of Algeria, but gets distracted by his love for a beautiful woman (Anna Karina) with dubious political affiliations. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Assassination French Films Jean-Luc Godard Films Spies Review: Jean-Luc Godard made his second film &#8212; about the incredibly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=77383\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77383"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80391,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77383\/revisions\/80391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}