The Image Book (bc30)
圖像策 (bc30)
Nothing but silence. Nothing but a revolutionary song.
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- Released
- 17 Sep 2026
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Certificate
- Category III
- Original title
- Le Livre d'image
- Language
- fr
What it is about
As Godard approaches 90, he offers us another meditative reflection on the technologies and implications of cinema, in counterpoint to the atrocities of the Holocaust, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and struggles across the Middle East. In five chapters, which Godard likens to the five fingers of the hand, he recycles images, sounds, and ideas from previous works, but also explores new territory. Recalling his collage masterpiece Historie(s) of Cinema, The Image Book is Godard’s self-penned eulogy that shows him pushing the manipulation of image and sound to a new level as he pours out his pained analysis of who and what we are now.
Trailer
Cast
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Jean-Luc Godard
Narrator (voice) - Anne-Marie Miéville Narrator (voice)
- Jean-Pierre Gos Narrator (voice)
- Buster Keaton (archive footage)
- Jean Gabin (archive footage)
- Douglas Fairbanks (archive footage)
- Jean Marais (archive footage)
- Jean Cocteau (archive footage)
- Wallace Beery (archive footage)
- Jules Berry (archive footage)
- Eddie Constantine (archive footage)
- Roberto Cobo (archive footage)
- Danielle Darrieux (archive footage)
- Josette Day (archive footage)
- Jacques Perconte (archive footage)
Crew
- Director Jean-Luc Godard
- Writer Jean-Luc Godard
- Editor Fabrice Aragno
- Editor Jean-Paul Battaggia
- Editor Nicole Brenez
- Editor Jean-Luc Godard
- Producer Fabrice Aragno
- Producer Mitra Farahani
- Producer Georges Schoucair