waiting to see Jules et Jim, the new wave film directed by François Truffaut, at the time both a close friend and sometime rival of Godard. In 2014, the film was remade as She Lives Her Life by director Mark Thimijan. Reception The film was the fourth most popular movie at the French box office in its year of release. It won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1962 Venice Film Festival. Critical response Author and cultural critic Susan Sontag described it as "a perfect film" and "one of the most extraordinary, beautiful, and original works of art that I know of." In his essay on the film in the book The Great Movies, Roger Ebert wrote, "The effect of the film is astonishing. It is clear, astringent, unsentimental, abrupt." Stanley Kauffmann of The New Republic described Vivre sa vie as "empty and pretentious". On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 88% based on 34 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Anna Karina's arresting performance provides a humanizing anchor to Jean-Luc Godard's stylistically explosive portrait of a prostitute." References Further reading External links Vivre sa vie: An Introduction and A to Z (episodic essay on watching this film, with a selection of stills), Senses of Cinema, issue 48, August 2008 Critical essay on Vivre sa vie, Senses of Cinema, April 2000 "(Post) Modern Godard: Vivre sa vie" – critical essay on the modern and postmodern aspects of Vivre sa vie. Vivre sa vie: The Lost Girl – an essay by Michael Atkinson at The Criterion Collection 1962 films 1962 drama films 1960s avant-garde and experimental films 1960s French films 1960s French-language films Films about prostitution in Paris Films directed by Jean-Luc Godard Films scored by Michel Legrand French avant-garde and experimental films French black-and-white films French drama films Venice Grand Jury Prize winners