Soigne ta droite (1987)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Jean-Luc Godard

Writers:

(more)

Release Date:

5 January 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Jane Birkin	...	La cigale (as Mademoiselle Birkin)
Dominique Lavanant	...	La femme de l'amiral (as Mademoiselle Lavanant)
Pauline Lafont	...	La golfeuse (as Mademoiselle Lafont)
Eva Darlan	...	La passagère (as Mademoiselle Darlan)
Isabelle Sadoyan	...	La grand-mère (as Mademoiselle Sadoyan)
Carina Barone	...	L'Américaine (as Mademoiselle Baronne)
Catherine Houssay	...	La première hôtesse (as Mademoiselle Houssay)
Anny Seneque	...	La seconde hôtesse (as Mademoiselle Seneque)
Eloïse Beaune	...	La maman (as Mademoiselle Beaune)
Laurence Masliah	...	L'amoureuse classique (as Mademoiselle Masliah)
Agnès Sourdillion	...	La campeuse (as Mademoiselle Sourdillon)
Melissa Chartier	...	La petite fille (as Mademoiselle Chartier)
Valérie Morat	...	La femme de chambre (as Mademoiselle Morat)
Jacques Villeret	...	L'individu (as Monsieur Villeret)
François Périer	...	L'homme (as Monsieur Périer)
Michel Galabru	...	L'amiral (as Monsieur Galabru)
Rufus	...	Le policier (as Monsieur Rufus)
Jean-Luc Godard	...	L'idiot et le prince (as Monsieur Godard)
Philippe Khorsand	...	Le passager (as Monsieur Khorsand)
Philippe Rouleau	...	Le golfeur (as Monsieur Rouleau)
Raphaël Delpard	...	L'homme d'affaires (as Monsieur Delpart)
Jean-Pierre Delamour	...	Le stewart (as Monsieur Delamour)
Jean Grécault	...	Le français moyen (as Monsieur Grécault)
Bruno Wolkowitch	...	L'amoureux classique (as Monsieur Wolkowitch)
Marc Labrousse	...	La campeur (as Monsieur Labrousse)
Jacques Pena	...	Le papa (as Monsieur Pena)
Guy Moeson	...	Le noir #1 (as Monsieur Moeson)
Kader Kada	...	L'Arabe (as Monsieur Kader)
Catherine Ringer	...	Herself (as Les Rita Mitsouko)
Fred Chichin	...	Himself (as Les Rita Mitsouko)

Directed by
Jean-Luc Godard		(as Monsieur Godard)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jean-Luc Godard		uncredited

Cinematography by
Caroline Champetier		(as Mademoiselle Champetier)

Film Editing by
Christine Benoît		(as Benoît)
Jean-Luc Godard		(uncredited)

Casting by
Françoise Menidrey		(as Menidrey)

Costume Design by
Laurence Guindollet		(as Guindollet)

Production Management
Reynald Calcagni	....	unit manager (as Calcagni)
Hervé Duhamel	....	production manager (as Duhamel)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marie-Christine Barrière	....	assistant director (as Barriere)
Richard Debuisne	....	assistant director (as De Buisne)

Sound Department
Marc-Antoine Beldent	....	sound (as Beldent)
Bernard Leroux	....	sound (as Leroux)
François Musy	....	sound (as Musy)

Production Companies

• Gaumont
• JLG Films
• Xanadu Films
• Télévision Suisse-Romande (TSR) (as RTSR)

Distributors

• Gaumont (1987) (France) (theatrical)
• Annie Planet (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Facets Multimedia Distribution (2002) (USA) (VHS)
• Happinet Pictures (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
• Jackie Reynal Films (2001) (USA) (subtitled)
• Shibata Organisation (1989) (Japan) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

Keep Your Right Up (International: English title)
Une place sur la terre comme au ciel (France) (subtitle)
Cura la tua destra... (Italy) [it]
Godard muina miehinä (Finland) [fi]
Schütze deine Rechte (West Germany) [de]

Runtime:

USA:82 min

Country:

France | Switzerland

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Finland:S

Company:

Gaumont

Movie Connections:

References Viskningar och rop (1972)

Soundtrack:

C'est comme ça

All the fun of a Dostoievsky novel

Godard is having fun here (fun is not characteristic of most of his work). He's playing the idiot of Dostoievsky's novel, a director who won't compromise his work. As he did in One plus One with the Rolling Stones, he's working with a band, Les Rita Mitsouko, as they put together the various strands of their new song. I suspect the challenge of constructing watchable material out of the recording studio chaos was the appeal for Godard.

The story is goofy; more like a Pierre Richard slapstick comedy than the intellectual films of the 60's. This must hold the record, for a Godard film, of cameo performances. The only really memorable sequence is on board a plane; with the passengers crammed in their seats and doing lots of shtick, it's a little like Duck Soup.