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Every Man for Himself

Sauve qui peut (la vie)

1980

The intertwined lives of a television director, his ex-lover fleeing the city for the countryside, and a young sex worker unfold in fragments that probe work, sex, and modern alienation. Jean-Luc Godard's acclaimed return to narrative filmmaking.

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Part of 10 Essential Swiss Films

This film is stop 4 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Switzerland. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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