 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna February, Pierre Messmer akaita kuti Godard aendeswe kuFrance, asi akadzoka kuzotora chikamu muAlgiers putsch ya1961. Apo putsch yakakundikana, akabatana neOrganisation armée secrète, achibatsira kuigadzira mushure mekugadzirwa kweFLN, asi akasiya Algeria muzhizha ra1962 ndokugara pasi pevhu kusvikira 1967. Godard akatongerwa rufu nokuda kwechikamu chake mukubudirira kwehurumende neOAS. Akagara muBelgium, uye kusiyana nevamwe vake veOAS, haana kudzokera kuFrance mushure mokuregererwa kwa1968. Godard akafa muna 1975 paLessines, Belgium, pazera ramakore 63. 