Hélas pour moi

Hélas pour moi (English: Alas for Me or Oh Woe Is Me) is a 1993 French film directed by Jean-Luc Godard and starring Gérard Depardieu.

Abraham Klimt arrives in a small Swiss village to investigate an incident that occurred on July 23, 1989 involving Rachel and Simon Donnadieu, a local couple.

He interviews several of the townsfolk and enlists the aid of a poet, Aude Amiel.

Rachel is not talking about the incident, and Simon, in a brief encounter with Klimt at the end of the film, denies that it happened.

Cinematographer Caroline Champetier said that the original scenario began with God riding a train through France and Switzerland, observing all the battles of humanity through the window.