Wind from the East
A politically oriented film in which images suggestive of a mock western are accompanied by an attack on all cinematic conventions to date and a debate on the nature and possibility of revolutionary cinema.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | Le Vent d'est |
| Year | 1970 |
| Country | France, Germany, Italy |
| Genre | Drama, Western |
| Director | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Runtime | 100 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 6.8/10 (27 votes) |
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The Dziga Vertov Group constructs a deliberate dismantling of cinematic code, using the parodic tropes of a western as raw material for radical inquiry. The film relies on a collage of image and text to explore the limits between political statement and artistic form, questioning the very nature of representation.
What lingers after the final reel is not a narrative, but the sensation of having engaged in a rigorous theoretical debate. This is cinema as action, an invitation to co-authorship and a reconsideration of one's role as a viewer within an ideological field. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
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Watch in a state of intellectual alertness, prepared for an analytical dialogue with the screen.
🎭 Cast
Gian Maria Volonté
The Northern Ranger
Anne Wiazemsky
The Revolutionary
Cristiana Tullio-Altan
La Jeune Bourgeoise
Allen Midgette
L'Indien
José Varela
La Guide
Paolo Pozzesi
Délégué Révisionniste
Götz George
Soldat
Glauber Rocha
(uncredited)
Fabio Garriba
(uncredited)
Enzo Porcelli
(uncredited)
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