TMDb Rating
6.3/10
24 verified votes
Origins of the 21st Century (2000)
DocumentaryWar
16 min
Plot Summary
Commissioned by the heads of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival to make an opening-night short commemorating cinema as it enters its second full century, Godard instead offers up a 17-minute barrage of re-edited footage of wars and Nazi atrocities, interspersed with clips of Maurice Chevalier in "Gigi" and Godard's own "À bout de souffle."
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- Try: "A movie starring Pierre Guyotat and Ronald Chammah about commissioned by the heads of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival to make."
Keywords to include
DocumentaryWarJean-Luc GodardPierre GuyotatRonald Chammah2000
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Top Cast
Pierre GuyotatRonald Chammah
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