Every Man for Himself (1980 film)

Every Man for Himself French Sauve qui peut la vie is a film directed, cowritten and coproduced by JeanLuc Godard. The film stars Jacques Dutronc, Isabelle Huppert, and Nathalie Baye, and the score is by Gabriel Yared. It was filmed in Switzerland. The film premiered at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival, and went on to garner 620,147 admissions in France. The film was also selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 53rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

The second section, Fear, focuses on Paul. After picking up his daughter Ccile from soccer practice where Paul, seemingly apropos of nothing, asks the soccer coach if he has ever felt like feeling up his own daughter or fucking her up the ass the filmmaker fulfills his favor to Denise by picking up Marguerite Duras from a local college. Duras is on campus but will not come into the classroom to speak though her recorded voice appears on the soundtrack, Duras does not appear in the film. Urged to speak in her place, Paul reads a quote from the author in which she says that she only makes films because she lacks the courage to do nothing. Paul says this is true for himself as well. Arriving at the television station, Paul finds Denise furious that he has not brought Duras with him for a scheduled interview, having honored her wish to take an early flight back to France. Later at dinner, Paul faces an exwife that seems only to want her monthly check and a daughter that demands her birthday gift. After once again expressing his alienation with inappropriate sexual innuendo, Paul leaves and meets Denise at a bar, where the two end up quarreling over their relationship. At the end of the evening, Paul meets Isabelle, a prostitute, and takes her home.Part three, Commerce, is Isabelles section. After her night with Paul during which she mechanically goes through the motions while mentally planning her next day, Isabelle is waylaid by a pimp who physically intimidates her to try to get a percentage of her earnings. Isabelle returns to the apartment she shares with roommates, who all seem to detest her. Her sister arrives unexpectedly and asks Isabelle for money but Isabelle declines to give it to her, saying instead that she will help her sister turn tricks for a few weeks in exchange for a percentage of her earnings. As she continues to service clients all the while performing her labor while her mind is elsewhere, Isabelle searches for her own apartment through an agency.

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