First Name: Carmen

First Name: Carmen

1983 · 85 min · FR · R · 6.3 (79 votes)
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard · Starring Maruschka Detmers, Jacques Bonnaffé, Myriem Roussel, Christophe Odent, Pierre-Alain Chapuis, Bertrand Liebert
ComedyCrimeDramaRomanceMusic

The protagonist is Carmen X, a female member of a terrorist gang. She asks her uncle Jean, a washed-up film director if she can borrow his beachside house to make a film with some friends, but they are in fact planning to rob a bank. During the robbery she falls in love with a security guard. The film intercuts between Carmen's escape with the guard, her uncle's attempt to make a comeback film, and a string quartet attempting to perform Beethoven.

VIBE

A stylish, offbeat crime caper that blends erotic tension with artistic ambition. It feels like a fever dream, coolly detached yet intensely romantic, with a soundtrack that pulses with danger and desire.

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