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Pierrot le Fou

Movie · 1965 · 110 min

A playful, philosophical crime spree that keeps breaking into song, color, and sudden violence, cool and restless.

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1965 film by Jean-Luc Godard
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Year
1965
Runtime
110 min
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • freedom
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • crime
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour6
Realism4
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

Details

Genres
drama, comedy, crime, romance
Directed by
Jean-Luc Godard
Written by
Jean-Luc Godard, Remo Forlani
Starring
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Samuel Fuller, László Szabó, Dominique Zardi, Raymond Devos, Graziella Galvani
Music
Antoine Duhamel, Serge Rezvani
Cinematography
Raoul Coutard
Runtime
110 min
Country
Italy, France
Languages
French

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