Editing Jean-Luc Godard (section)

=== Early work with Anna Karina ===
In 1960 Godard shot ''[[Le petit soldat]]'' (''The Little Soldier''). The cast included Godard's future wife [[Anna Karina]]. At this time Karina had virtually no experience as an actress. Godard used her awkwardness as an element of her performance. Godard and Karina were a couple by the end of the shoot. She appeared again, along with Belmondo, in Godard's first color film, ''[[A Woman Is a Woman]]'' (1961), their first project to be released. The film was intended as an homage to the [[Musical Film|American musical]]. Adjustments that Godard made to the original version of the story gave it autobiographical resonances, "specifically in regard to his relationship with Anna Karina." The film revealed "the confinement within the four walls of domestic life" and "the emotional and artistic fault lines that threatened their relationship".{{sfn|Brody|2008|p=110}}