A Married Woman

“An update of Madame Bovary in the age of Roland Barthes.”—James Quandt

Subtitled Fragments of a Film Shot in 1964, Jean-Luc Godard’s profoundly modernist film-essay A Married Woman dissects the aimless existence of Charlotte (Macha Méril) as she drifts between bland domesticity with husband Pierre (Philippe Leroy), the arms of her lover Robert (Bernard Noël), and the allure of 60s consumerism. Her life takes a turn when she learns she is pregnant but is also uncertain about the father. (95 mins., DCP)

The screening is preceded by Red Luck, Columbus filmmaker Mike Olenick’s surreal psychosexual thriller focusing on a group of lonely characters and the violence that transpires when their paths cross. Winner for Best Experimental Short at the Slamdance Film Festival. (26 mins., DCP)