Pierrot le Fou

Movie

1965

1h 50m

Not Rated

French

Drama, Romance, Crime

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7.6

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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

Not Rated

Movie

1965

1h 50m

French

Drama, Romance, Crime

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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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Jean-Paul Belmondo

Ferdinand Griffon, 'Pierrot'

Anna Karina

Marianne Renoir

Graziella Galvani

Maria, Ferdinand's Wife

Aicha Abadir

Aicha Abadir (uncredited)

Henri Attal

Le Premier Pompiste (uncredited)

Pascal Aubier

Le Deuxième Frère (uncredited)

Maurice Auzel

Le Troisième Pompiste (uncredited)

Raymond Devos

L'Homme du Port (uncredited)

Roger Dutoit

The Gangster (uncredited)

Samuel Fuller

Samuel Fuller (uncredited)

Pierre Hanin

Le Troisième Frère (uncredited)

Jimmy Karoubi

Le Nain (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Young Man in Cinema (uncredited)

Hans Meyer

Gangster (uncredited)

Krista Nell

Madame Staquet (uncredited)

Dirk Sanders

Fred (uncredited)

Georges Staquet

Frank (uncredited)

László Szabó

L'Exilé Politique (uncredited)

Dominique Zardi

Le Deuxième Pompiste (uncredited)

Directed By: Jean-Luc Godard

Written By: Jean-Luc Godard, Lionel White (Novel), + 1 more

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manicure says...

2 years ago

An escapist road trip without destination by a man who wished he was born a misunderstood poet but was instead an average bourgeois, played around by the least believable femme fatale in movie history. Rather than being a coherent movie, “Pierrot le Fou” is more like a fragmented collection of surreal tongue-in-cheek skits, meta-commentary, literature quotes, paintings, and other references to fine arts. The aim is to make a statement and, at the same time, shake up the status quo by breaking all the conventions of fine cinema. However, I would lie if I said I didn’t get bored halfway through. There are some amusing scenes and a few visually striking moments, but overall it felt a little too long, repetitive, and on the nose.

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velocitygirl says...

3 years ago

interesting movie with good acting and cinematography, fascinating personalities, and a lot of memorable and quotable lines. i’ve barely watched any movies in my entire life, so there were some aspects of this film which i didn’t completely understand. i definitely will watch this movie again and again in order to understand it fully.

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CRCulver

6 years ago

This is one of those utterly satisfying film experiences that seem to exploit every possibility of the cinematic medium

The French New Wave drew much inspiration from American crime stories, and Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 film PIERROT LE FOU has a plot that is essentially simple: Ferdinand (Jean-Paul More

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CinemaSerf

2 years ago

Remember the old days of vinyl when you'd put the stylus on, and it would just slide across the disc? Well, despite the number of times I have watched this film, it does the same as that stylus. I just don't really get it. It centres around the slightly Bonnie and Clyde existence of the married and More

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