Every Man for Himself (1980 film)

Sauve qui peut (la vie), which was released as Slow Motion in the UK, and as Every Man for Himself in the U.S., is a film directed, co-written and co-produced by Jean-Luc Godard, which premiered at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. The film stars Jacques Dutronc, Isabelle Huppert, and Nathalie Baye, and the score is by Gabriel Yared. It was filmed inSwitzerland.

Baye won her first César, for best supporting artist, in 1981 for this film. The film had 620,147 admissions in France.[1] Film critic Vincent Canby, writing in The New York Times, described the film effusively as "stunning," "beautiful," and "brilliant".[2]  The film was also selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 53rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3]

The film is available in the UK on DVD encoded for Region 2 and issued under the title Slow Motion, a reference to one of the film's salient aspects, a periodic slowing down of the action to a frame by frame advancement.



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[hide]  *1 Cast  ==Cast[ edit] == ==Awards and honors[ edit] ==
 * 2 Awards and honors
 * 3 See also
 * 4 References
 * 5 External links
 * 1980 Cannes Film Festival (France)
 * Nominated: Palme d'Or (Jean-Luc Godard)[4]
 * César Awards (France)
 * Won: Best Actress – Supporting Role (Nathalie Baye)
 * Nominated: Best Director (Jean-Luc Godard)
 * Nominated: Best Film