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First Name: Carmen

Name: First Name: Carmen
Released: 1983

Prénom Carmen

1983

A young woman tied to a terrorist cell grows dangerously entangled with the bank guard she is supposed to be robbing, in a fragmented, playful reworking of the Carmen story. Jean-Luc Godard's cool, self-reflexive drama.

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Part of 10 Essential Swiss Films

This film is stop 3 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Switzerland. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Switzerland in the 196 country film challenge.