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Alphaville

Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

1965

Jean-Luc Godard

Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Valérie Boisgel ...

6.8

5,511

Sci-Fi. Drama Lemmy Caution, an American private-eye, arrives in Alphaville, a futuristic city on another planet. His very American character is at odds with the city's ruler, an evil scientist named Von Braun, who has outlawed love and self-expression.

	Author	Review
United States	Richard Brody The New Yorker	"It's one of the great cinematic works of romanticism, as well as a sort of filmed revelation of the very essence of science-fiction movies and German silent classics"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"A film that was part science fiction, part hard-boiled adventure, and all Godard"	POS
United States	J. Hoberman Village Voice	"No movie, not even Breathless, better exemplifies the syncretic quality of Godard's early genius."	POS
United States	Matt Zoller Seitz rogerebert.com	"A combination film noir, social satire and riff on tough-guy movies (...) 'Alphaville' flickers and rolls through the mind, like a memory of a nighttime drive (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"One of Godard's most sheerly enjoyable movies, a dazzling amalgam of film noir and science fiction."	POS

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