Underplayed Gems

Le Petit Soldat (1963)

Le Petit Soldat poster
Directed by
Jean-Luc Godard
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
14
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 184 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A photographer gets caught up in the Algerian War and is torn between conflicting loyalties. He must navigate political intrigue and personal betrayal while trying to survive.

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What happens

Le petit soldat (transl. The Little Soldier) is a French film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard in 1960, but its release was delayed until 1963 by censorship. It was the first project on which Godard worked with Anna Karina, who stars alongside Michel Subor, but the third to be released. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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