Despite his lack of political convictions, photojournalist Bruno Forestier is roped into a paramilitary group waging a shadow war in Geneva against the Algerian independence movement.
Even this early in his career, Godard knew how to make audiences viscerally experience and contemplate things they might otherwise not have wanted to.
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Scott Foundas
RTVillage VoiceMar 5, 2013
It's a classic espionage plot shot through with a typically heady mix of art and literary references: Klee and Velzquez, Bach and Haydn, Bernanos and Musil.
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Drew Hunt
RTSlant MagazineMar 4, 2013
In many ways, Jean-Luc Godard's Le Petit Soldat is equal to Breathless in its inventiveness and exuberance.
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Yasser Medina
RTCinefiliaJun 12, 2025
With his unique aesthetic, Godard delivers a political thriller that I find captivating due to its unpredictable plot and its discursive synthesis that questions the ethics of political action. [Full review in Spanish]
