La Chinoise
1967 · 99 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 8,642 VOTES · DIR. Jean-Luc Godard
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,439 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:04 The French working class won't politically unite
00:03:54 A MINORITY WITH THE RlGHT IDEAS lS NOT A MINORITY
00:07:29 along the lines of the concentration camps.
00:11:33 In the afternoon, gather the eggs, then dinner.
00:15:35 A Communist is never infallible
00:19:36 Where do just ideas come from?
00:23:24 It can't be done with elegance and peace of mind
00:27:21 ..and roll.
00:31:28 It's seeing the inherent contradictions...
00:35:12 That proves there are two Communisms.
00:38:33 and revolutionaries.''
00:42:13 Revolution is not a party
00:46:33 we must consider three things.
00:51:04 And your look
00:55:15 Now let's draw lots.
00:59:02 What's the Party doing to change that?
01:02:30 in the Cultural Revolution.
01:06:01 - Theatre? - Yes, in a theatre at Chalon.
01:09:24 Shouldn't we start from scratch?
01:12:52 - Isn't it terrorism? - Yes, it is.
01:16:21 They can't do good work.
01:20:53 in Paris as the French government's guest.
01:27:08 It's not silence that scares me, but sound and fury.
15:19:06 Very good.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,439
Dialogue density14.5 lines / min
First line00:00:04
Final line15:19:06
Production Record
DirectorJean-Luc Godard
LanguageFrench
Revenue$30,857
IMDb votes8,642