Jean-Luc Godard boldly builds Vivre sa vie around Anna Karina’s performance in general and more specifically around her face. Beginning with a stunningly beautiful set of silhouettes, the film is divided into twelve scenes that follow a woman as she goes from marriage to prostitution. But that’s only the surface of the film and as with all of Godard’s work there is a lot more going on. Raoul Coutard’s amazing cinematography keep things interesting and Godard even boldly intercuts the classic The Passion of Joan of Arc with his own film and it holds up. It’s formal and funny – philosophical and cinematic.