CANCELED: Vivre sa vie

press release: In compliance with UW Madison’s policies enacted to slow the spread of COVID-19, all previously announced UW Cinematheque screenings through April 12 have been canceled. The Cinematheque programming staff is currently investigating the possibility of re-scheduling some of these screenings on future Cinematheque calendars. The Cinematheque’s free screening series is currently scheduled to resume on April 17 with Where’s Poppa?. Please visit the Cinematheque’s website (http://cinema.wisc.edu) for further updates and a schedule of screenings between April 17 and May 3.

France | 1962 | 35mm | 83 min. | French with English subtitles

Director: Jean-Luc Godard

Cast: Anna Karina, Sady Rebbot, André S. Labarthe

The Cinematheque pays tribute to French New Wave icon Anna Karina (1940-2019) with a screening of one of her finest performances. Over the course of twelve chapters, a young Parisian woman leaves her family to pursue a career as an actress, but instead becomes a prostitute. A crown jewel in the string of masterpieces made by Karina and then-husband Godard in the 1960s, Vivre sa Vie contains some of the most indelible scenes of their respective careers.