Bérangère Allaux

Jean-Luc Godard's densely packed rumination on the need to create order and beauty in a world ruled by chaos is divided into four distinct but tangentially related stories, including the attempts by a young group of idealists to stage a play in war-torn Sarajevo and an elderly director's efforts to complete his film.

1945. The Oriental Palace, a Paris brothel, is about to be closed down. It's the will of the era. Marion is one of the Oriental Palace girls. She dreams of vaudeville, love and companionship. Petit Louis is the Oriental Palace's handyman and general factotum. He's madly in love with Marion, but he knows she will never be his, so he goes out to find the man who will make her happy.