At the heart of this volume is the assertion that Sartrean existentialism, most prominent in the 1940s, particularly in France, is still relevant as a way of interpreting the world today. Film, by reflecting philosophical concerns in the actions and choices of characters, continues and extends a tradition in which art exemplifies the understanding of existentialist philosophy. In a scholarly yet accessible style, the contributors exploit the rich interplay between Sartre's philosophy, plays and novels, and a number of contemporary films including No Country for Old Men, Lost in Translation and The Truman Show, with film-makers including the Dardenne brothers, Michael Haneke, and Mike Leigh. This volume will be of interest to students who are coming to Sartre's work for the first time and to those who would like to read films within an existentialist perspective.

Jean-Pierre Boulé is Professor of Contemporary French Studies at Nottingham Trent University and the author of a number of books, notably on Sartre, including Sartre médiatique (1992) and Sartre, Self-Formation and Masculinities (2005). He is the co-founder of the U.K. Sartre Society and executive editor of Sartre Studies International. He is coediting with Benedict O'Donohoe, Jean-Paul Sartre: Mind and Body, Word and Deed (2011) and preparing with Ursula Tidd a companion volume, Existentialism and Contemporary Cinema. A Beauvoirian Perspective (2013).

Acknowledgements

Introduction
Jean-Pierre Boulé and Enda McCaffrey

PART I: THE CALL TO FREEDOM

Chapter 1. Peter Weir's The Truman Show and SartreanFreedom
Christopher Falzon

Chapter 2. Michael Haneke and the Consequences of Radical Freedom
Kevin L. Stoehr

Chapter 3. Naked, Bad Faith and Masculinity
Mark Stanton

Chapter 4. Pursuits of Transcendence in The Man Who Wasn't There
Tom Martin

Chapter 5. Lorna's Silence: Sartre and the Dardenne Brothers
Sarah Cooper

PART II: FILMS OF SITUATION

Chapter 6. Being-Lost in Translation
Michelle R. Darnell

Chapter 7. If I Should Wake Before I Die: Existentialism as a Political Call to Arms in The Crying Game
Tracey Nicholls

Chapter 8. Crimes of Passion, Freedom and a Clash of Sartrean Moralities in the Coen Brothers' No Country for Old Men
Enda McCaffrey

Chapter 9. 'An Act of Confidence in the Freedom of Men': Jean-Paul Sartre and Ousmane Sembene
Patrick Williams

Chapter 10. Cédric Klapisch's The Spanish Apartment and Russian Dolls in Nausea's Mirror
Jean-Pierre Boulé

Chapter 11. Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: The Nauseous Art of Adaptation
Alistair Rolls

Notes on Contributors
Index