Pierrot le Fou

1965 110 min ★ 7.3 Drama, Romance, Crime

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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Cast

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)

Details

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

Reviews

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CRCulver

June 5, 2018

★ 10/10

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 ...

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CinemaSerf

January 24, 2023

★ 6/10

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...