Here and Elsewhere

Here and Elsewhere

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville

Produced by Sonimage, INA

197655 min6.7 / 10

A formally radical, politically urgent essay-film that juxtaposes Palestinian resistance fighters with Western consumer passivity, interrogating representation, imperialism, and the nature of revolutionary cinema itself.

Here and Elsewhere takes its name from the contrasting footage it shows of the fedayeen and of a French family watching television at home. Originally shot by the Dziga Vertov Group as a film on Palestinian freedom fighters, Godard later reworked the material alongside Anne-Marie Miéville.

Questions people ask

  • Is Here and Elsewhere easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Here and Elsewhere sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Is Here and Elsewhere scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Does Here and Elsewhere end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Here and Elsewhere violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise59

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love55

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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