Seberg review, Culture Whisper (LFF)
The story of Jean Seberg is fascinating, there’s no denying that. The American actor’s fame rose after she starred in Jean-Luc Godard’s 1959 French New Wave classic Breathless, which inspired filmmakers and cinephiles across the world. In 1968, she started an affair with Black Panther activist Hakim Jamal and, as a result, became wrapped in an FBI COINTELPRO operation, originally designed to discredit organisations that scrutinised the government’s authority.
From this thrilling and disturbing story, screenwriters Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse compose the colourful but lethargic biopic Seberg – providing some real-life conspiracy intrigue, while never piercing far into the actor herself.
