Oh, Woe is Me (1993)
Romance about Simon Donnadieu and his decision to leave his ever-loving wife Rachel. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Jean-Luc Godard
Written By: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Roland Blanche, Bernard Verley, Anny Romand, Marc Betton, François Germond, Jean-Louis Loca, Manon Andersen, Laurence Masliah, Monique Couturier, Aude Amiot, Benjamin Kraatz
Genre: Drama
AKAs: Alas for Me, Hélas pour moi
Country: France, Switzerland
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Oh, Woe is Me belongs to 9 collections
1. Full Female Frontal Nudity (Yes, Bush!) (collaborative: moderated by iceblox - 26 stars)
2. Films referenced in Histoire(s) du cinéma (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 5 stars)
3. Female cinematographers (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 2 stars)
4. Doubling the Canon (2012 update) (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 1 star)
5. French director (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 1 star)
6. Photographed by Caroline Champetier (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed)
7. DtC Doubling the Canon 2023 Nominees (collaborative: moderated by lineuphere)
8. Watchlist (public: GrimsChild)
9. Djross French feature films I've seen (public: djross)
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| Date | User | Rating | |
| Aug 08, 2022 | Lonewolf2003 | 60 19th |
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Difficult to rate this. It’s largely incomprehensible, but strangely mesmerizing nonetheless. Above all it is beautiful shot, Godard does knows a thing or two about mis-en-scene.
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| Mar 28, 2021 |  |
deep_green | 65 50th |
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Kind of on the fence about a lot of Godard's work from this period, where he sort of rabbit-holed into this obsessive intellectual esoterica. Visually arresting, and in general Godard is familiar with the medium, but this largely structural focus leads to a vision of beauty that, to me, lacks poetic spirit, and certainly lacks the energy and verve of earlier work. I hated the first ten minutes or so, but warmed up over time.
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| Jun 15, 2020 |  |
djross | 40 26th |
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Although at least a few of the threads of the tapestry were able to be discerned (e.g., the bit about the lizard version being a reference to THE DEATH OF EMPEDOCLES), the meaning of the overall design was for this viewer fairly indecipherable.
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| Jun 25, 2019 |  |
ott | 70 57th |
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narrator feels uneasy for the viewer to anything but guess what happens in the film, god enters depardieu via hat
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| Jun 10, 2015 | glm01 | 54 14th |
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54.000
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| Jan 19, 2013 | Nepeta | 85 80th |
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Might be one of the most visually striking and beautiful films I've ever seen, and the sound design is amazing too. The film has this very dreamlike feel to it, and some of the things that the characters say rang very true to me. It could be even better on a rewatch where it will be easier to decipher and things will link together more, but even first time round this sort of stuff affects me on a very personal level.
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| Feb 15, 2012 |  |
glumpy_99 | 58 15th |
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Completely incomprehensible, but strangely compelling Godard experiment; strikingly photographed and invested with a startling soundtrack (Depardieu is also terrific under the circumstances). Moments of insight and success buried beneath the haphazard narrative style; while this is undoubtedly Godard's goal and purpose, it doesn't make the finished product any easier to decipher or indeed 'enjoy' in any conventional way.
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| Nov 25, 2010 |  |
JakeAesthete | 97 97th |
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Godard's visually most beautiful work and my second-favorite overall (better than Notre Musique or Forever Mozart which i also watched recently).
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| Average Percentile 52.06% from 118 Ratings |  |