# Every Man for Himself (1980)

> Jean-Luc Godard’s radically elliptical drama maps desire, commerce, and filmmaking across three people whose intimate lives continually intersect.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/75212

## Facts

- Runtime: 87 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Nathalie Baye, Roland Amstutz, Cécile Tanner, Anna Baldaccini, Roger Jendly, Fred Personne
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079854/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: mild
- Mood: intellectual, sexually frank, melancholic, arthouse cinema night, film study

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