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Vivre Sa Vie
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #593
- IMDb #635
- Rotten Tomatoes #411
- Letterboxd #611
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #827
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #475
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 72, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92. Critics average 92, everyone else 79.
See the most agreed on films →The film is presented in twelve tableaux, tracing the life of Nana, a young Parisian woman who dreams of being an actress. Unable to make ends meet, she gradually descends into prostitution to pay her rent. The story dispassionately observes her daily life, her conversations, and her relationships as she tries to maintain her freedom and identity while becoming increasingly trapped by her circumstances.
Details
- Director
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Writer
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Released
- 20 September 1962
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $64.0K
- Box office
- $24.5K
- Awards
- 1 win, 0 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 1 →1 major award won · 1 win from 1 nomination across 1 ceremony
| Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival 1962 | Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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×| Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival | Winner |