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Origins of the 21st Century

6.423 average rating
6.423
French / 16 MIN. / 2000

The Genres

The Synopsis

Commissioned by the heads of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival to make an opening-night short commemorating cinema as it enters its second full century, Godard instead offers up a 17-minute barrage of re-edited footage of wars and Nazi atrocities, interspersed with clips of Maurice Chevalier in "Gigi" and Godard's own "À bout de souffle."

The Cast

Pierre GuyotatRonald Chammah

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