Hail Mary (JE VOUS SALUE, MARIE)
Dir: Jean-Luc Godard
France/Switzerland/UK, 1985, French, 108mins, DCP, Category III
Cast: Myriem Roussel, Thierry Rode, Juliette Binoche
Berated by the Pope and picketed by religious groups, Hail Mary is nevertheless a serenely beautiful work of faith, despite the potentially parodist aspects of the premise (a retelling of the Virgin Birth in modern Geneva) and the copious doses of female nudity. Godard’s Mary plays basketball when not pumping gas at her father’s station, taxi driver Joseph is her unconvinced boyfriend. Gabriel, the angel who tells Mary of her pregnancy, arrives by jet plane. Set to gusts of classical music and punctuated with images of nature, Hail Mary’s ending remains among the most spiritual and life-affirming moments in Godard’s career. Screening with Anne-Marie Miéville’s companion piece The Book of Mary.
Berlin International Film Festival: Interfilm Award
25/6 (Sun): Film talk with Long Tin
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
Dialogue Between the Arts
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19:00
PREMIERE Elements (Venue)
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
HK Science Museum Lecture Hall
Hong Kong Film Archive
K11 Art House
The Metroplex
Festival Grand Cinema
the sky
MCL Telford Cinema
Tai Kwun
MOViE MOViE
CINE FAN ONLINE
EMP Cinemas iSQUARE (Venue)
M+ Cinema (Venue)
EMP Cinemas Times Square (Venue)
The Grand Cinema
Broadway Hollywood
Cine Moko
Chinese Subtitles
Category III
Post-screening discussion with the director
Director and/or actor(s) will meet the audience
Post-screening talk
Full House
Introduction