One of Godard’s most arresting and personal early visions served as a pivotal act of brokering his own legend.
Une Femme Mariée may inspire more verbal hesitation than any of the films that preceded it in Godard’s oeuvre.
For women it’s potentially empowering, but for men it inspires detached amusement and the whisper of an erection.
A heartfelt but unsuccessful film that could have been much better with a more variegated point of view.
The main character’s gloomy self-contempt is undoubtedly realistic, but it becomes increasingly tiresome as the film goes on.
Try the films of Radley Metzger instead.
Jean-Luc Godard was right when he said Roger Vadim was “with it.”