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Hail Mary is a french film of genre Drama directed by Jean-Luc Godard released in USA on 6 october 1985 with Juliette Binoche

Hail Mary (1985)

Hail Mary
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Released in USA 6 october 1985
Length 1h47
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Comedy-drama
Rating64% 3.200033.200033.200033.200033.20003

Hail Mary (French: Je vous salue, Marie) is a 1985 French film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard. The film is a modern retelling of the story of a virgin birth. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival. All screenings of the film in its initial theatrical distribution were accompanied by the short film The Book of Mary (French: Le livre de Marie) by Godard's longtime companion and collaborator Anne-Marie Miéville.

Synopsis

Marie, a student, works at her father's Swiss gas station and plays basketball for a local team; she claims to be a virgin and maintains a chaste relationship with her boyfriend Joseph, a taxi cab driver and college dropout. Joseph remains loyal to Marie even though she will not sleep with him, and another girl, Juliette, entreats him to be with her. When a passing stranger named Uncle Gabriel (who arrives by jet plane and is accompanied by a small girl who acts as his secretary) informs Marie that she will become pregnant despite remaining chaste, she is at first shocked and confused. For his part, Joseph cannot believe that Marie can be pregnant and a virgin, so he accuses her of sleeping around. Gabriel aggressively schools Joseph to accept Marie's pregnancy, while Marie comes to terms with God's plan through meditations that are sometimes angry and usually punctuated by elemental images of the sun, moon, clouds, flowers, and water.

Actors

Juliette Binoche

(Juliette)Myriem Roussel

(Marie)Johan Leysen

(Le professeur (uncredited))Georges Staquet
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