Vivre Sa Vie - The Criterion Collection

Anna Karina stars in this French drama directed and co-written by Jean-Luc Godard. After separating from her husband, Parisian shop assistant Nana (Karina) decides that she wants to become an actress. However, when her finances prevent her from entering the film industry, all Nana's ambition seeps away and she ends up working the streets of the French capital as a prostitute. Her descent into the business is told in 12 short episodic scenes culminating in her being sold by the pimp Raoul (Sady Rebbot).

Special Features

Booklet, Bonus Footage, Commentary: Adrian Martin (film scholar), Image Gallery, Interviews: Anna Karina (actress, 1962); Jean Narboni (film scholar) with Noël Simsolo(historian), Illustrated essay on the book 'La Prostitution'; Excerpts from a 1961 French television exposé on prostitution, Trailers

Actors: Anna Karina, Sady Rebbot, Paul Pavel, Peter Kassovitz, André Labarthe, Brice Parain, Guylaine Schlumberger, Gerard Hoffman, Monique Messini, Dmitri Dineff

Audio Languages: French

Duration: 83 minutes

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitle Languages: English

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