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Masculin Féminin

1966 · 105 min

A restless, talky collage of youth and politics, by turns playful and bleak, that keeps you at a cool intellectual distance.

Tagline
Jean-Luc Godard's Swinging Look at Youth and Love in Paris Today!
Overview
Paul, a young idealist trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life, takes a job interviewing people for a marketing research firm. He moves in with aspiring pop singer Madeleine. Paul, however, is disillusioned by the growing commercialism in society, while Madeleine just wants to be successful. The story is told in a series of 15 unrelated vignettes.

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • politics
  • love
  • media
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour5
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity8
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Jean-Luc Godard
Written by
Jean-Luc Godard
Starring
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Chantal Goya, Marlène Jobert, Michel Debord, Catherine-Isabelle Duport, Evabritt Strandberg, Birger Malmsten, Yves Afonso
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
105 min
Country
France, Sweden
Languages
English, French, Swedish

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