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Cinematography
  
Running time
  
84 minutes

Language
  
French

Director
  
6.4/10
IMDb

Starring
  
Release date
  
8 September 1993

Country
  
France

Initial release
  
August 1993

Screenplay
  

Producers
  
Ruth Waldburger, Christine Gozlan, Benoît Rossel, Christine Hutin

Nominations
  
Golden Lion, Grand Jury Prize

Cast
  
Gérard Depardieu, Bernard Verley, Roland Blanche, Jean‑Louis Loca, Marc Betton

Similar
  
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard, Gérard Depardieu movies

H las pour moi 1993 trailer


Hélas pour moi (English: Oh Woe is Me) is a 1993 French film directed by Jean-Luc Godard and starring Gérard Depardieu. This film is inspired by the legend of Alcmene and Amphitryon and attempts to show the desire of a god to experience the truth of human desire, suffering and pleasure.

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Plot

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Abraham Klimt arrives in a small Swiss village to investigate an incident that occurred on July 23, 1989 involving Rachel and Simon Donnadieu, a local couple. He interviews several of the townsfolk and enlists the aid of a poet, Aude Amiel. In flashback, the story of Rachel and Simon unfolds. Per the Greek myth on which the film is based, God, or a god, comes to earth with his assistant, Max Mercury. He decides he wants to possess Rachel Donnadieu, so he takes the form of Simon Donnadieu when Simon leaves home on a business trip. God-as-Simon returns to Rachel while Simon is away, and the two have an encounter.

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Or not. Rachel is not talking about the incident, and Simon, in a brief encounter with Klimt at the end of the film, denies that it happened. The evidence provided by the flashbacks is contradictory. Ultimately, Klimt concludes, "There is nothing left to say concerning Simon and Rachel. The rest occurs beyond images and beyond stories."

Cast

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  • Gérard Depardieu as Simon Donnadieu
  • Laurence Masliah as Rachel Donnadieu
  • Bernard Verley as Abraham Klimt
  • Aude Amiot as Aude Amiel
  • Roland Blanche as Le professeur de dessin
  • Marc Betton as Le médecin
  • François Germond Le pasteur
  • Jean-Louis Loca as Max Mercury
  • Background

    Cinematographer Caroline Champetier said that the original scenario began with God riding a train through France and Switzerland, observing all the battles of humanity through the window. This sequence required expensive special effects and Godard finally gave up on the idea after visiting a company that demonstrated for him the effects they achieved for Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Delicatessen.

    References

    Hélas pour moi Wikipedia


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