The film premiered at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival, and went on to garner 620,147 admissions in France. Film critic Vincent Canby, writing in The New York Times, described the film effusively as "stunning," "beautiful," and "brilliant". In the 2012 Sight & Sound polls of the greatest films ever made, Every Man for Himself made the top-10 lists of two critics and two directors. Awards and honors 1980 Cannes Film Festival (France) Nominated: Palme d'Or (Jean-Luc Godard) César Awards (France) Won: Best Actress – Supporting Role (Nathalie Baye) Nominated: Best Director (Jean-Luc Godard) Nominated: Best Film It was submitted as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 53rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. See also Isabelle Huppert on screen and stage List of submissions to the 53rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Swiss submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film References External links Illuminations: Godard’s Every Man for Himself an essay by Colin MacCabe at the Criterion Collection 1980 films 1980s avant-garde and experimental films French avant-garde and experimental films Austrian drama films Swiss drama films West German films 1980s French-language films Films directed by Jean-Luc Godard Films scored by Gabriel Yared Films with screenplays by Jean-Claude Carrière American Zoetrope films French-language Swiss films German drama films French drama films 1980s French films 1980s German films