How did Every Man for Himself mark Jean-Luc Godard’s return to narrative filmmaking?

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Jean-Luc Godard’s 1979 film Sauve qui peut (la vie), known in English as Every Man for Himself, marked his return to making successful narrative feature films after a decade spent focusing on politically militant television programs and intellectual agitprop.

The film centers on the lives of three young Swiss people, exploring their personal struggles regarding work and love. This shift back to narrative storytelling signaled a transition away from the overtly ideological and experimental projects that had characterized his work throughout the 1970s, such as Numéro deux (1975).1