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Vivre Sa Vie

The many faces of a woman trying to find herself.

7.7(727)19621h 24m5

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.

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Status
Released
Budget
$64K
Box office
$24.5K
Language
French
  • prostitute
  • paris, france
  • philosophy
  • pimp
  • female protagonist
  • black and white
  • prostitution
  • free will
  • woman smoking
  • pinball machine

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Produced in

France

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNRNew York City, New York23 Sept 1963
    • Theatrical (limited)Harvard Film Archive6 Feb 2006
    • PremiereNew York Film Festival4 Oct 2013
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical29 Oct 1962
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP20 Sept 1962
    • TheatricalTPRe-release15 Feb 2017
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical18West Germany2 Oct 1962
    • TheatricalEast Germany19 Apr 1984
    • TVRestored Version23 Nov 2000
  • GreeceGR

    • TheatricalRe-Release31 Jul 2025
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereVenice Film Festival28 Aug 1962
    • Theatrical18+21 Feb 1963
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical1831 Jan 1963
    • TheatricalDigitally Restored Version18 Jan 2018
  • RussiaRU

    • Theatrical18+Restored 4K version8 May 2024
    • Digital / OTT18+3 Jun 2024
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical183 May 1997
    • TheatricalRe-release23 Dec 2005
    • Theatrical15Re-release4 Apr 2019
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical1520 Sept 1962

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Vivre Sa Vie was released on 20 September 1962.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    CRCulver

    9/2/2018

    9/10

    <i>Vivre sa vie</i> was Jean-Luc Godard's fourth feature film. The protagonist Nana (Anna Karina) is a young Parisian woman who is not especially bright, but full of life and endowed with great beauty. Unable to make ends meet by working at a record shop, and unable to break into films as she dreams, she starts to work as a prostitute. Postwar French law permitted prostitution, with certain rules and regulations that…

  • B

    badelf

    10/11/2022

    9/10

    It's Jean-Luc Godard at the avant-garde of filmmaking. It's a brilliant film with so many new ideas for early the 60s. What else is there to say?

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