First Name: Carmen
- Released on
- Runtime
- 85 mins
The protagonist is Carmen X, a sexy female member of a terrorist gang. She asks her uncle Jean, a washed-up film director if she can borrow his beachside house to make a film with some friends, but they are in fact planning to rob a bank. During the robbery she falls in love with a security guard. The film intercuts between Carmen's escape with the guard, her uncle's attempt to make a comeback film, and a string quartet attempting to perform Beethoven.
The protagonist is Carmen X, a sexy female member of a terrorist gang. She asks her uncle Jean, a washed-up film director if she can borrow his beachside house to make a film with some friends, but they are in fact planning to rob a bank. During the robbery she falls in love with a security guard. The film intercuts between Carmen's escape with the guard, her uncle's attempt to make a comeback film, and a string quartet attempting to perform Beethoven.
Cast
- Maruschka Detmers
- Jacques Bonnaffé
- Myriem Roussel
- Christophe Odent
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Valérie Dréville
- Hippolyte Girardot
- Bertrand Liebert
- Pierre-Alain Chapuis
- Odile Roire
- Christine Pignet
Director
- Jean-Luc Godard
Producers
- Alain Sarde