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Quiz: How well do you know your Godard?

Test your knowledge about one of the all-time great film directors: the hugely influential French new wave innovator Jean-Luc Godard.

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Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

  1. This image is a frame grab from the opening credits of which Godard film?

  2. Which of these directors has never appeared in a Godard film?

  3. Bande à part (1964)

    Bande à part (1964)

    In 1964’s Bande à part, the characters attempt to break the world record for running through which building?

  4. Weekend (1967)

    Weekend (1967)

    At the beginning of Godard’s apocalyptic 1967 road movie Week End, a title flashes up on screen to claim that the film was….

  5. Alphaville (1965)

    Alphaville (1965)

    Which of these was an original title for Alphaville, Godard’s dystopian sci-fi film from 1965?

  6. Which is the only one of Godard’s first 15 features not to be shot by cinematographer Raoul Coutard?

  7. Pierrot le fou (1965)

    Pierrot le fou (1965)

    What colour does Pierrot (Jean-Paul Belmondo) paint his face at the end of Pierrot le fou?

  8. Made at the height of Godard’s fascination with Maoist politics, the 1969 film British Sounds was commissioned but then rejected by which British corporation?

  9. Film Socialisme (2011)

    Film Socialisme (2011)

    In Film Socialisme, who provides the onboard musical entertainment on the Costa Concordia, the real-life cruise ship which was later wrecked off the coast of Italy in 2012?

  10. Who played the Jean-Paul Belmondo character in the Hollywood remake of Breathless?

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