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French Moyenne New Wave film
Alphaville, directed by Jean-Luc Godard. The movie blends dystopian science fiction with film noir, featuring the secret agent character Lemmy Caution.
Key Information
Title: Alphaville: A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution (original French title: Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution)
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Eddie Constantine as Lemmy Caution and Anna Karina as Natacha von Braun
Plot: The film follows American secret agent Lemmy Caution on a mission to a futuristic, totalitarian city named Alphaville. The city is ruled by an omnipresent supercomputer, Alpha 60, which has outlawed love, poetry, and free thought. Caution must find another missing agent, destroy Alpha 60, and escapes with the professor's daughter, Natacha, teaching her the meaning of "I love you".
Production: The film is known for its stark visual style, having been shot on location in the real, modernist streets and buildings of Paris at night, without special futuristic sets or props.
Awards: It won the top prize, the Golden Bear award, at the 15th Berlin International Film Festival in 1965. |
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