C’est pas moi (It’s Not Me). 2024. Directed by Leos Carax

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Held on Wed, Dec 18, 2024, 7:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1

Tickets are available to members at the Explore category and above beginning two weeks before each screening date. Additional tickets will be released, to members as well as the general public, one week before each screening date. Please note that space is extremely limited and tickets will be in high demand. Tickets can be reserved at moma.org/contenders beginning at 10:30am ET.

It's Not Me (C'est pas moi). 2024. France. Directed by Leos Carax. Courtesy Sideshow

C’est pas moi (It’s Not Me). 2024. France. Directed by Leos Carax. Screenplay by Carax. With Denis Lavant, Kateryna Yuspina, Nastya Golubeva Carax, Loreta Juodkaite, Bianca Maddaluno, Anna-Isabel Siefken, Petr Anevskii. DCP courtesy Sideshow. In French; English subtitles. 41 min.

Originally commissioned by the Centre Pompidou for an exhibition that never materialized, Carax’s introspective cinematic essay crafts a deeply personal self-portrait traversing his 40-year filmography. Blending archival footage, home videos, and new material (including a clip from MoMA’s restoration of Ernst Lubitsch’s 1924 The Marriage Circle) in a style reminiscent of late-era Jean-Luc Godard, Carax explores decisive moments of his career while reflecting on cinema’s evolution. The film features return appearances by beloved Carax characters like Monsieur Merde (Denis Lavant) and Annette, the uncanny puppet from Carax’s film of the same name. It’s Not Me probes both personal and political subjects, offering a fragmented yet fascinating collage of Carax’s artistic journey as the one-time enfant terrible approaches his 64th year.

This film accompanies The Contenders 2024.

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