Vivre sa vie

Vivre sa Vie tells the story of Nana, played by Anna Karina, a naive shop girl, who abruptly decides to take responsibility of her life. Because she is unwilling to sell herself Nana takes to the streets, becoming a prostitute and a student of human sometimes unpredictable emotions. Like the act of prostitution itself, Vivre sa vie is also intensely personal. Nana’s crucible is Godard’s vital sudden realization, as Nana struggles to see, and say, things as they are, fearlessly concluding, “All is good.” Faced with a failed relationship, a dead-end job, and potential homelessness, young Parisienne Nana Kleinfrankenheim (Anna Karina) turns to “the life” of prostitution. This film has no extra gestures. The movie does not say why she left Paul or the baby. It regards with a level, interested gaze. To me the camera discourages us from interpreting Nana’s life in a melodramatic way. This woman has emotional issues and has seemed to be lost inside herself. The film is a series of blocks. You just take them and set them side by side. In my opinion Nana became in too deep to turn back and became a part of the system. She felt after all that has happened in her life she had done too much to turn back and too much to move on in another direction. It’s like she was stuck. Nana is erratic and it shows as in the end she gets shot. But she lived her life “her way”. Jean-Luc Godard has taken his mind to the next level with this one and I like the creativeness he has presented to the audience.