Directed by:
Jean-Luc GodardScreenplay:
Jean-Luc GodardCinematography:
Raoul CoutardComposer:
Paul MisrakiCast:
Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Howard Vernon, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Michel Delahaye, Valérie Boisgel, Jean-Louis Comolli, Christa LangPlots(1)
Government agent Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) is dispatched on a secret mission to Alphaville, a dystopian metropolis in a distant corner of the galaxy. Caution is hot on the trail of rogue agent Henri Dickson (Akim Tamiroff) and a scientist named Von Braun, the creator of Alpha 60, a computer that uses mind control to rule over residents of Alphaville. Caution is aided in his quest to destroy the despotic computer ruler by Von Braun's own daughter, Natacha (Anna Karina). (Umbrella Entertainment)
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Jean-Luc Godard was such a unique creator that he infused his noir sci-fi with a great charge, and the visual aspect is excellent, even though it's essentially a contemporary world without any major inventions. But it's about how that world operates, how it's described, and what the characters say. That's definitely not a bad thing; it's just that the atmosphere struck me more than the philosophy, which I didn't expect. ()