Joy of Learning
6.0
While alone in an abandoned television studio, two militants, Emile Rousseau and Patricia Lumumba, have a discourse on language. Referring to spoken word as "the enemy"--the weapon used by the establishment to confuse liberation movements--the two deconstruct the meanings of sounds and images in an attempt to "return to zero" and truly experience the joy of learning.
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Jean-Luc Godard Director · Jean-Jacques Rousseau Author Georges Leclerc Cinematographer
United States release September 27, 1969 · Produced in Germany, France · Production ORTF, Bavaria Film
Production
Anouchka Films
Production
ORTF
Production
Bavaria Film
Production
Süddeutscher Rundfunk
Production
Germany · France
Produced in
Émile '68
Working title
Languages
Original title
Le Gai Savoir
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · January 31, 1969
Premiere · Paris
United States · September 27, 1969
Premiere · New York Film Festival
France · January 18, 2020
Limited theatrical
Germany
June 28, 1969 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
July 16, 1969 · Theatrical · West Germany
November 22, 1969 · TV
Greece
June 6, 2014 · Limited theatrical · Greek Film Archive
Poland
July 26, 2010 · Premiere · ERA New Horizons Film Festival
Singapore
July 30, 2021 · Physical · Blu-ray
United Kingdom
July 12, 1969 · Theatrical
Uruguay
February 10, 2023 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Uruguaya
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