''Joy of Learning'' () is a 1969 film by

Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French and Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as ...

. The shooting started before the events of May 68 and was finished shortly afterwards. Coproduced by the O.R.T.F., the film was upon completion rejected by French national television, then released in the cinema where it was subsequently banned by the French government. The film is an adaptation of '' Emile, or On Education'',

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Republic of Geneva, Genevan philosopher (''philosophes, philosophe''), writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment through ...

's treatise on education, and its title is a reference to

Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher. He began his career as a classical philologist, turning to philosophy early in his academic career. In 1869, aged 24, Nietzsche became the youngest pro ...

's '' The Gay Science''. The film was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival.

Plot

Patricia and Émile meet at night in the middle of nowhere. While reading, listening to the radio and absorbing and discussing the information they are retrieving, they develop mutual beliefs not revealed before, opening a exchange not just on content but on how ideas are shared.

Cast

Juliet Berto Juliet Berto (16 January 1947 – 10 January 1990), born Annie Jamet, was a French actress, director and screenwriter. A member of the same loose group of student radicals as Anne Wiazemsky, she first appeared in Jean-Luc Godard's ''Two or Three ...

- Patricia Lumumba * Jean-Pierre Léaud - Émile Rousseau *

- Narrator (voice)

References

External links

* 1969 films 1960s French-language films 1969 drama films Films directed by Jean-Luc Godard French black-and-white films French avant-garde and experimental films Non-narrative films 1960s French films {{1960s-France-film-stub