Anna Karina is absolutely stunning. We are taken in by her beauty from the opening moments in the diner. She knows how powerful she is to men and she manipulates that power to try to survive. She is, for all practical purposes, homeless. She tries to borrow money for subsistence but no one will loan it to her. She has asked too many times. She dreams of being in movies but doesn't seem to have the ambition or the plan. It isn't long before she experiments with prostitution, which will become the ultimate complicator in her life. She is so closed up that no one can really befriend her. We see foreshadowing when she goes to see the silent Joan of Arc, and her response to Joan's martyrdom and her faith. It's a sad film that takes one along from one moment to the next.
Review of Vivre sa vie
