Notre musique (2004)
Jean-Luc Godard

Sarah Adler .... Judith Lerner
Nade Dieu .... Olga Brodsky
Rony Kramer .... Ramos Garcia
J-Christophe Bouvet ..C. Maillard
Simon Eine .... Ambassador
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Juan Goytisolo .... Himself
Mahmoud Darwich .... Himself
Jean-Paul Curnier .... Himself
Pierre Bergounioux .... Himself
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Producer Alain Sarde
Ruth Waldburger
Director Jean-Luc Godard
Cinematographer Julien Hirsch
Sound Pierre Andre
Gabriel Hafner Francois Musy
Art Director Anne-Marie Mieville
Casting Richard Rousseau
Musical Composer Ketil Bjornstad
Anouar Brahem David Darling
Alexander Knaifel Komitas
Gyorgy Kurtag Meredith Monk
Hans Otte Arvo Part
Trygve Seim Jean Sibelius
Valentin Silvstrov
Peter Tchaikovsky
Notre Musique
Shot and Reverse Shot
Imaginary: Certainty
Reality: Uncertainty
The Principle of Cinema:
Go Towards the Light and Shine it on Our Night
Our Music
 
Part poetry, part journalism, part philosophy, Jean-Luc Godard’s “Notre Musique” is a timeless meditation on war as seen through the prisms of cinema, text and image.
 
Largely set at a literary conference in Sarajevo, the film draws on the conflagration of the Bosnian war, but also draws on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, the brutal treatment of Native Americans, and the legacy of the Nazis. 
 
“Notre Musique” is structured into three Dantean Kingdoms: “Hell,” “Purgatory” and “Heaven.” 
 
In the film, real-life literary figures (including Arab poet Mahmoud Darwish and Spanish writer Juan Goytisolo) intermingle with actors; and documentary meshes with fiction. 
 
“Notre Musique” also follows the parallel stories of two Israeli Jewish women, Judith Lerner (Sarah Adler) and Olga Brodsky (Nade Dieu); one drawn to the light and one drawn towards darkness.
 
Through evocative language and images, Godard explores a series of conflicting forces:
 
death; life
dark, light;
good; bad
negative, positive;
real; imaginary;
activists; storytellers
vanquished; victor;
criminals; victims;
suicidal; hopeful
shot, reverse shot.
 
These opposing movements are eternal.  They are the two faces of truth.
 
They are our music.
Bouvet dans NOTRE MUSIQUE de Jean-Luc Godard, France/Suissse 2004. Sélection Officielle Cannes 2004
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www.metacritic.com/film/titles/notremusique
www.chicagofilmfestival.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CIFFSite.woa/wa/Films/1000703
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