He's also on the brink of losing a relationship with a film editor (Nathalie Baye) who likes to bicycle rather than drive. Their tale is not so interesting, even though the male is provocatively named "Godard." This Godard (pop singer Jacques Dutronc) is emotionally aloof, works in television and has a child via an estranged wife. The other storyline involves a couple who mostly function apart from Isabelle. Isabelle is equally nonchalant about almost any perversion, whether it's incestuous role-playing, spanking or the strangest foursome choreography you've ever seen. She's even game to let her younger sister into the racket - well, as long as the sister has nice enough breasts and is willing to cut Isabelle a share of her profits. Isabelle is neither energized nor depressed by her unsavory job, and meets her appointments with all the passion of a housewife drying dishes. Be patient: She doesn't enter until a half hour has passed.
Regardless, the film's appeal mostly hangs upon a beautiful, blank-faced prostitute (Isabelle Huppert, whose character shares her name). It was released in 1980 but, really, the script could have been written during any year.
His '60s work was stuffed with topical commentary on Paris street life and restless youth, but "Every Man for Himself" is just an insular tale of a few random urbanites. Jean-Luc Godard's "Every Man for Himself" is intriguing, but not as essential as the director's early films.
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