Contempt or "Le Mepris" in French is a 1963 film directed by Jean-Luc Godard which based it on an Italian novel called, Il Disprezzo (A Ghost at Noon) by Alberto Moravia.
Setting film aside, Contempt is a secondary emotion with a mix of anger and disgust.
It is its title because on the later part of the movie the wife, Camille Javal of the newly hired novelist and playwright of Prokosch will feel a sudden aloofness with her husband Paul Javal.
It all started with an off-camera type of scene, there's a camera rolling, an actor portraying her role and they're busy doing their business. It simply introduce the plot of the movie, that there's a story inside the story that's being told.
And the film has a huge twist and turns.
At the earlier part of the movie, there's this sweet loving couple that can't get rid of each other. The wife is naked lying in bed while his husband is just abusing the moment and caressing her and telling her things she wanted to hear. She's asking on how much her husband love her, asking him in details.
But then, after the talk with Mr. Prokosch there's a sudden estrangement between the married couple. Camille, the wife begin to fall out of love with Paul.
According to Fritz Lang, the director of Homer's Odyssey in the film it is about different kinds of people facing their own realities. Le Mépris itself is an examination of the position of the filmmaker in the commercial cinema.
This is one of the many breath-taking shots from the film, it showcase the beauty hidden in the different corners of our world.
This is my favorite part in the film:
The one where Camille is talking to Paul while she is peacefully swimming in the damn beautiful body of water with her beautiful body. Pure perfection in one scene.
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