French films

Contempt (French: Le Mepris) is a 1963 film directed by Jean-Luc Godard, based on the Italian novel Il Disprezzo [A Ghost at Noon] by Alberto Moravia. It stars Brigitte Bardot. Release 1964. Paul Javal (Michel Piccoli), a young French playwright who has found commercial success in Rome, accepts an offer from vulgar American producer Jeremy Prokosch (Jack Palance) to rework the script for German director Fritz Lang's screen adaptation of the Odyssey. Paul's wife, Camille Javal (Brigitte…