# Adieu Godard

Adieu Godard (stylized as adieu GODARD) is a 2021 Odia language independent drama film written and directed by Amartya Bhattacharyya. The film world premiered at the 43rd Moscow International Film Festival 2021. In India, the film got officially selected at festivals like IFFK (Kerala), KIFF (Kolkata), Bengaluru (BIFFES), Pune (PIFF) etc. Adieu Godard also won Best Film Award in the Indian Languages competition at the 27th Kolkata International Film Festival 2022 and the 'Third Best Indian Cinema Award' at the 13th Bengaluru International Film Festival 2022.
The film is produced under the banner of Odisha based production company Swastik Arthouse, in association with Kolkata based FilmStop Entertainment and the French company Les Films de la Haute-Vallée.

## Release

Adieu Godard released in theaters of India on September 2, 2022. The film was released in India by Platoon distribution, while renowned star of Odia cinema, Anu Choudhury, presented it. The film ran in theaters for four weeks in Odisha, and apart from Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, the film was also released in Kolkata, New Delhi and Bangalore with a special show at Jaipur and Mumbai. While the film was running in theaters in India, Jean-Luc Godard committed assisted suicide on September 13, 2022.
The film was greeted with a lot of enthusiasm from notable film personalities like Anurag Kashyup and Taran Adarsh. Apart from India, the film was also digitally released in the US and Canada through the US based distributor - Film Movement.

## Cast

* Choudhury Bikash Das as Ananda
* Sudharsri Madhusmita as Shilpa
* Dipanwit Dashmohapatra as Joe
* Swastik Choudhury as Jatin
* Choudhury Jayaprakash Das as Harideb
* Shankar Basu Mallick as Jaga
* Abhishek Giri as Pablo
* Dr. Banikanta Mishra as Dr.Tripathy
* Swetapadma Satpathy as Ananda's Wife
* Sumit Panda as Tutu
* Sandip Bal as Angry Villager
* Sridhar Martha as DVD Seller

## Critical reception

The film was screened at various film festivals in India and abroad. Adieu Godard featured in the list of top 10 films to look out for at the Moscow Film Festival.
Devika Girish of The New York Times wrote that "This limp satire about an Indian villager’s encounter with the movies of Jean-Luc Godard rehashes regressive stereotypes and squanders a potent premise".

## Film festival screenings

| Year | Festival | Place | Awards |
| 2021 | 43rd Moscow International Film Festival | Moscow, Russia | |
| 2021 | 26th Split Film Festival | Split, Croatia | |
| 2021 | Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival | Ontario, Canada | |
| 2021 | San José International Film Awards | San José, Costa Rica | |
| 2022 | 26th International Film Festival of Kerala | Trivandrum, India | |
| 2022 | 27th Kolkata International Film Festival | Kolkata, India | Best Film award- Indian Languages Competition |
| 2022 | 24th UK Asian Film Festival | London, UK | Dare to Dream-Theme award 2022 |
| 2022 | Cardiff International Film Festival | Wales, UK | Best Feature Film award |
| 2022 | Hawai‘i International Film Festival | Honolulu, USA | |
| 2022 | 39. Französische Filmtage Tübingen - Stuttgart | Tübingen - Stuttgart, Germany | |
| 2022 | 10th Asian Film Festival of Barcelona | Barcelona, Spain | |
| 2022 | 20th Pune International Film Festival | Pune, India | |
| 2022 | 13th Bengaluru International Film Festival | Bengaluru, India | Third Best Indian Cinema award |
| 2022 | 19th Indian Film Festival of Stuttgart | Stuttgart, Germany | |
| 2022 | 3rd i San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival | San Francisco, USA | |
| 2022 | Bayamón International Film Festival | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| 2022 | Sipontum Arthouse International Film Festival | Puglia, Italy | Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay awards |
| 2022 | 7th Jaffna International Cinema Festival | Jaffna, Sri Lanka | |
| 2022 | 17th International Film Festival of Thrissur | Thrissur, India | |
| 2022 | Regional International Film Festival of Kerala | Kochi, India | |
| 2022 | 13th Panchajanyam International Film Festival | Chittur, India | |
| 2022 | Mysore Dasara Film Festival | Mysore, India | |
| 2022 | 12th Yashwant International Film Festival | Mumbai, India | |
| 2022 | Telangana Bengali Film Festival | Hyderabad, India | |
| 2023 | Kanazawa Film Festival | Kanazawa, Japan | |
| 2023 | 20th BYOFF | Puri, India | |
| 2023 | 15th Habitat Film Festival | New Delhi, India | |
| 2023 | Nitte International Film Festiaval | Mangalore, India | |
| 2023 | Meghalaya International Film Festival | Meghalaya, India | |
| 2023 | Bengal International Film Festival | Kolkata, India | |