What is Band of Outsiders / Vivre Sa Vie about?

BAND OF OUTSIDERS (BANDE À PART), 1964, Rialto Pictures, 97 min. French New Wave master Jean-Luc Godard’s offbeat meditation on politics, philosophy and the American gangster movie combines playful slapstick with sudden bursts of violence. This tale of three bumbling thieves (one of whom is played by Godard's then-wife and muse, Anna Karina) is one of the director's most original and entertaining works. Musical score by Michel Legrand. In French with English subtitles. VIVRE SA VIE, 1962, Janus Films, 80 min. Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. With dark-rimmed eyes and her iconic bob haircut, Anna Karina stuns as Nana, a restless Parisian woman who descends into prostitution. Recently separated from her husband, Nana is alone except for her heartless pimp and the women she knows from hooking in the banlieue. Godard goes bleak here while retaining his dazzling visual ingenuity: Nana's pool-hall dance is a classic New Wave moment. In French with English subtitles.

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What is Band of Outsiders / Vivre Sa Vie about?: BAND OF OUTSIDERS (BANDE À PART), 1964, Rialto Pictures, 97 min. French New Wave master Jean-Luc Godard’s offbeat meditation on politics, philosophy and the American gangster movie combines playful slapstick with sudden bursts of violence. This tale of three bumbling thieves (one of whom is played by Godard's then-wife and muse, Anna Karina) is one of the director's most original and entertaining works. Musical score by Michel Legrand. In French with English subtitles.
VIVRE SA VIE, 1962, Janus Films, 80 min. Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. With dark-rimmed eyes and her iconic bob haircut, Anna Karina stuns as Nana, a restless Parisian woman who descends into prostitution. Recently separated from her husband, Nana is alone except for her heartless pimp and the women she knows from hooking in the banlieue. Godard goes bleak here while retaining his dazzling visual ingenuity: Nana's pool-hall dance is a classic New Wave moment. In French with English subtitles.