Godard stars as Jean, a burnt out movie director in a mental asylum & an uncle to beautiful Carmen, just like the femme fatale in Bizet's opera. He equates filmmaking to armed robbery and playing a piece of music. During a bank job, Carmen falls in love with a security guard and they run away to the coast and lay low before the gang reunites. There is parallel storyline simultaneously happening- a quartet is rehearsing a Beethoven, halting constantly to correct mistakes. #prenomcarmen #jlg