Sound available in: French. Subtitles available in: French and English. Le gai savoir: Juliet Berto (Patricia Lumumba), Jean-Pierre Léaud (Emile Rousseau), Jean-Luc Godard, (narrator). Luttes en Italie: Cristiana Tullio-Altan (Paola Taviani), Paolo Pozzesi (Father / Lecturer / Policeman / Porter voice), Jerome Hinstin (Young man), Anne Wiazemsky (Store clerk).
Summary:
Le gai savoir: "How do we learn? What do we know? Night after night, not long before dawn, two young adults, Patricia and Emile, meet on a sound stage to discuss learning, discourse, and the path to revolution. Scenes of Paris' student revolt, the Vietnam War, and other events of the late 1960s, along with posters, photographs and cartoons, are backdrops to their words. Words themselves are often Patricia and Emile's subject, as are images, sounds and juxtapositions. In addition to the two characters' musings, the soundtrack includes narration, music, news clips, and noise. The result is a montage, a meditation and a reflection on ideas, and how words and images mix - and how filmmaking is a path". IMDB. Luttes en italie: "The film reveals how and why a supposedly revolutionary Italian girl has in fact fallen prey to bourgeois ideology". IMDB.
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