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Pierrot le Fou (1965)

★ 7.3/10 110 min Drama, Romance, Crime France, Italy French
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Novel: Lionel White
Writer: Jean-Luc Godard
Screenplay by: Rémo Forlani
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You've met the tame Godard, the love Godard, the think Godard, ...now meet the wild Godard!

Description

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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Top Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo
Jean-Paul Belmondo Ferdinand Griffon, 'Pierrot'
Anna Karina
Anna Karina Marianne Renoir
Graziella Galvani
Graziella Galvani Maria, Ferdinand's Wife
Aicha Abadir Aicha Abadir (uncredited)
Henri Attal
Henri Attal The First Pumpman (uncredited)
Pascal Aubier
Pascal Aubier The Second Brother (uncredited)
Maurice Auzel
Maurice Auzel The Third Pumpman (uncredited)
Raymond Devos
Raymond Devos The Man from the Port (uncredited)

Pierrot le Fou Appears on 8 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #562
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #419
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #85

Critic Curated

BBC Culture: 100 Greatest Foreign Language Films
BBC #74
Paste Magazine The 100 Best French Films of All Time
Paste Magazine #60
Paste Magazines Best Movies Of The 1960s
Paste Magazine #66

Fun Lists

Top Of The Lists Most Quoted Films Ranked
LaCinetek #65

Movements

French New Wave
Letterboxd #08

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