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My Life to Live
My Life to Live (; "To Live Her Life: A Film in Twelve Scenes") is a 1962 French New Wave drama film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It was released as "My Life to Live" in North America and as "It's My Life" in United Kingdom. The DVD releases use the original French title.
Plot.
Nana (Anna Karina), a beautiful Parisian in her early twenties, leaves her husband and infant son hoping to become an
— studied piano with Lucy H. Clinton, pupil of Clara Schumann at Hellmuth Ladies' College, London, Ontario
- 1873 — awarded Lord Dufferin Bronze Medal for Art
- 5th Jan 1874 — began teaching piano, Hellmuth Ladies' College
- Sep 1876 — arrived in New York, became a protégé of Miss Lucy Nelson
- 1878 — met Antonia Henne, contralto, "The most dominating musical influence of my life"
- 1879-1906 — organist and choir director, Calvary Baptist Church in New York