My Life to Live
My Life to Live (; To Live Her Life: A Film in Twelve Scenes) is a 1962 French New Wave drama film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. In the United Kingdom, the film was released under the title It's My Life.
Plot
The film is told through 12 "episodes", each preceded by a written intertitle. Nana Kleinfrankenheim (Anna Karina) is a beautiful Parisian in her early twenties. She leaves her husband Paul and her infant son, hoping to become an actress. The couple meet in a café and play pinball one last time before deciding to end their marriage. She works in a record store, helping customers find music based on their tastes. After leaving her husband, she is not able to make much money on her own and is worried she will not be able to afford rent. She asks several coworkers if they can spare her 2,000 francs but all refuse.
Awards
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| author | Jean-Luc Godard |
|---|---|
| award | Grand Jury Prize |
| contentLocation | Paris |
| director | Jean-Luc Godard |
| editor | Agnès Guillemot |
| events | prostitution |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | abandon edgar allan poe franc french franc gun battle help hotel room how to intertitle joan of arc kill meet move old man plan police shootout police station record store struggle the oval portrait the passion of joan of arc write young man |
| musicBy | Michel Legrand |
| producer | Pierre Braunberger |
| publisher | Panthéon Distribution |
| theme | avant-garde and experimental |