Hail Mary (film) Hail Mary (film) Hail Mary () is a 1985 French drama film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard. The film is a modern retelling of the story of a virgin birth. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival. All screenings in its initial theatrical distribution were accompanied by the short film "The Book of Mary" () by Godard's longtime companion and collaborator Anne-Marie Miéville. Marie, a student, works at her father's Swiss gas station and plays basketball for a local team; she claims to be a virgin and maintains a chaste relationship with her boyfriend Joseph, a
What Happened to Mary its title) was released in 1913 called "Who Will Marry Mary?" The serial consisted of twelve one-reel episodes released from July 26, 1912 to June 27, 1913: A stage version written by Owen Davis and featuring Olive Wyndham as Mary premiered the Lyric Theatre in Allentown, Pennsylvania on March 4, 1913 before opening at the Fulton Theatre in New York on March 24, 1913. The 1913 novelization by Bob Brown incorporated material from the play, the film, and the "Ladies' World" stories. What Happened to Mary What Happened to Mary (sometimes erroneously referred to as What Happened to Mary?) is