Godard by Godard is an archival self-portrait of Jean-Luc Godard. It retraces the unique and unheard-of path, made up of sudden detours and dramatic returns, of a filmmaker who never looks back on his past, never makes the same film twice, and tirelessly pursues his research, in a truly inexhaustible diversity of inspiration. Through Godard’s words, his gaze and his work, the film tells the story of a life of cinema; that of a man who will always demand a lot of himself and his art, to the point of merging with it.
Editing
Godard's own ruthless cutting—he curated this myth himself.
Direction
Platarets wisely steps back and lets the archive breathe.
Director
Florence Platarets
Jean-Luc Godard
Self (archive footage)
Jean Seberg
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut
Self (archive footage)
Anne-Marie Miéville
Self (archive footage)
Dick Cavett
Self (archive footage)
Nathalie Baye
Self (archive footage)
Johnny Hallyday
Self (archive footage)
Claude Brasseur
Self (archive footage)
Anne Wiazemsky
Self (archive footage)
Michel Piccoli
Self (archive footage)
Serge Daney
Self (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Godard reportedly cooperated only after demanding final cut approval—then never watched the finished film.
The title's double meaning suggests Godard finally became subject and object, director and directed—a collapse he spent 60 years resisting.
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