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
The First Pumpman (uncredited)
Pascal Aubier
The Second Brother (uncredited)
Maurice Auzel
The Third Pumpman (uncredited)
Raymond Devos
The Man from the Port (uncredited)
Roger Dutoit
The Gangster (uncredited)
Samuel Fuller
Samuel Fuller (uncredited)
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Screenplay
Rémo Forlani
Tagline
"You've met the tame Godard, the love Godard, the think Godard, ...now meet the wild Godard!"
Status
Released
Original Language
FR
Budget
$300,000
Production
DDL Cinematografica, Rome-Paris Films, SNC, Films Georges de Beauregard
CRCulver
June 5, 2018
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 Belmondo), five years into a marriage that leaves him unsatisfied, meets his children's babysitter ...
CinemaSerf
January 24, 2023
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 recently unemployed television executive "Ferdinand" (Jean Paul Belmondo) and his flighty ex-babysit...
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