La Chinoise (1967) on Netflix
In Paris, Véronique, a philosophy student, and her boyfriend Guillaume form a Maoist cell called Aden Arabie in an apartment they borrow. The group studies Mao and debates revolution.
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Plot summary
In Paris, five young people form the Aden Arabie cell, a radical Maoist group. They stay in a lavish apartment borrowed from the wealthy parents of one member. Véronique studies philosophy at Nanterre University and is on her summer break; she wants to bring down French cultural and educational institutions through terrorism. Guillaume Meister, her boyfriend, is an actor. Henri is a chemist, and Yvonne, his girlfriend, comes from the countryside. Kirilov is a Soviet painter. Omar, a Black student, speaks at one of the group's lectures. The members study Marxist texts and lecture each other.
Cast
- Michel Semeniakoas Henri
- Lex De Bruijnas Kirilov
- Blandine Jeansonas Blandine
- Eliane Giovagnolias Son ami
- Charles L. Bitschas Self - Assistant Director
- René Levertas Self - Sound Recordist
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about La Chinoise (1967)
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- La Chinoise is often grouped with Pierrot le fou, Masculin féminin, Two or Three Things I Know About Her and Week End as marking Jean-Luc Godard's decisive step away from 'bourgeois' narrative filmmaking; by 1968 he had moved into Maoist-collectivist didactic films with Jean-Pierre Gorin and the Dziga Vertov Group, a phase that lasted until 1973.
