La Chinoise (1967)

Title: La Chinoise
Original Title: La Chinoise
Release Date: 1967-08-30
Status: Released
Rating: 7/10 (from 215 votes)
Language: FR
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Production Companies: Anouchka Films, Les Productions de la Guéville, Athos Films, Parc Film, Simar Films
Paris, 1967. Disillusioned by their suburban lifestyles, a group of middle-class students, led by Guillaume (Jean-Pierre Léaud) and Veronique (Anne Wiazemsky), form a small Maoist cell and plan to change the world by any means necessary. After studying the growth of communism in China, the students decide they must use terrorism and violence to ignite their own revolution. Director Jean-Luc Godard, whose advocacy of Maoism bordered on intoxication, infuriated many traditionalist critics with this swiftly paced satire.
Cast

Anne Wiazemsky
Véronique

Jean-Pierre Léaud
Guillaume

Juliet Berto
Yvonne

Michel Semeniako
Henri

Lex De Bruijn
Kirilov

Omar Diop
Omar

Francis Jeanson
Francis

Blandine Jeanson
Blandine

Eliane Giovagnoli
Son Ami

Charles L. Bitsch
Self - Assistant Director (uncredited)