Pierrot Le Fou (1965)
- Starring:
- Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jean-Luc Godard
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Pierrot le fou (1965) is Jean-Luc Godard's sixth film staring Anna Karina, his first wife. It is the story of Ferdinand (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and Marianne (Karina). They meet when Ferdinand's wife hires Marianne as a baby-sitter. As he drives Marianne home, Ferdinand decides to run away with her. The couple get caught up in a mysterious gun-running scheme involving Marianne's brother (Dirk Sanders). With Pierrot le fou Godard returns to the story of A bout de souffle (Breathless): the tale of a couple on the run. But in the six years between the two films Godard developed a more complex and often difficult style. Pierrot le fou incorporates musical numbers, references to the history of cinema and painting, and quotations from literature. The film features Godard's most extended use of color to that point, as the shots are filled with blocks of bright primary colors. Pierrot le fou is a catalogue of cinematic inventions and of gestures made by couples in love. ~ Louis Schwartz, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 110 mins
Complete Cast of Pierrot Le Fou
- Jean-Paul Belmondo - Ferdinand Griffon, "Pierrot"
- Dirk Sanders - Fred, Marianne's Brother
- Graziella Galvani - Ferdinand's Wife
- Princess Aicha Abidir - Herself
- Jimmy Karoubi - Dwarf
- Hans Meyer - Gangster
- Alexis Poliakoff - Sailor
- Samuel Fuller - Himself
- Anna Karina - Marianne Ronoir
- Raymond Devos - Man on the Pier
- Roger Dutoit - Gangster
- Pierre Hanin - 3rd Brother
- Jean-Pierre Léaud - Young Man in Movie Theatre
- Krista Nell - Mme. Staquet
- Pascal Aubier - 2nd Brother
- Laszlo Szabo - Political Exile from Santo Domingo
- Director(s):
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Writer(s):
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Producer(s):
- Georges de Beauregard
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