Hoezo in KINO

Jean-Luc Godard, the iconic figurehead of the 1960s Nouvelle Vague movement, presented his idiosyncratic vision of the musical: “a neorealist musical.” Starring French superstars Anna Karina, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean-Claude Brialy at the height of their popularity, this singular classic is both a playful homage to and an ironic dissection of the American musical. Karina’s Angéla, a striptease dancer who longs for a child, becomes caught up in a light-hearted yet sharply observed love triangle. With its exuberant colours, humour and gorgeous score by composer Michel Legrand, the film shows Godard at his most accessible, without sacrificing his formal playfulness. To mark its 65th anniversary, this sparkling key work in Godard’s œuvre now returns to cinemas in a stunning digital restoration. French language, presented with English and Dutch subtitled screenings.