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Alphaville
FRANCE · 1965

Alphaville

Jean-Luc Godard
artificial intelligence and humanity love versus logic totalitarianism and control language and meaning resistance against oppression
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Synopsis

Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”

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