Pierrot le Fou (1965)

Name: Pierrot le Fou
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Released: 1965-11-05
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani, Aicha Abadir

Drama Romance Crime

Director: Jean-Luc Godard

Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani, Aicha Abadir

7.4

88%

Runtime110 min

Rating15

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Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.

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Pierrot le Fou is a critically acclaimed 1965 film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. The film has an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 7.4/10 rating on IMDb, indicating strong critical and public reception. While not winning any major awards, the film is considered a landmark of French New Wave cinema.

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Jean-Luc Godard's vibrant and stylistically daring romantic crime drama exemplifies the playful yet melancholic spirit of the French new wave, with its bold colors, jump cuts, and existential themes.

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Pierrot le Fou is a 1965 French New Wave romantic crime drama road film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina. The film is based on the 1962 novel Obsession by Lionel White. It was Godard's tenth feature film, released between Alphaville and Masculin, Féminin. The plot follows Ferdinand, an unhappily married man, as he escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a young woman chased by OAS hitmen from Algeria.