First Name: Carmen (1983)
Original title: Prénom Carmen
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The protagonist is Carmen X, a female member of a terrorist gang. She asks her uncle Jean, a washed-up film director if she can borrow his beachside house to make a film with some friends, but they are in fact planning to rob a bank. During the robbery she falls in love with a security guard. The film intercuts between Carmen's escape with the guard, her uncle's attempt to make a comeback film, and a string quartet attempting to perform Beethoven.
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Maruschka DetmersCarmen X
Jacques BonnafféJoseph Bonnaffé
Myriem RousselClaire
Christophe OdentChef
Jean-Luc GodardOncle Jeannot
Valérie DrévilleLa nourrice / Wet nurseKeywords
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The protagonist is Carmen X, a female member of a terrorist gang. She asks her uncle Jean, a washed-up film director if she can borrow his beachside house to make a film with some friends, but they are in fact planning to rob a bank. During the robbery she falls in love with a security guard. The film intercuts between Carmen's escape with the guard, her uncle's attempt to make a comeback film, and a string quartet attempting to perform Beethoven.
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First Name: Carmen has a runtime of 85 minutes.
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