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Pierrot Le Fou (DVD, 2008)

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Jean-Paul Belmondo stars in this classic 1960s drama by film-maker Jean-Luc Godard. Unfulfilled in life, Ferdinand (Belmondo) decides to leave his wife and child and runs off with the babysitter, Marianne (Anna Karina). As the pair head south in search of Marianne's brother, Ferdinand unwittingly gets caught up in his new lover's crimes and they both spiral down a path of self-destruction.

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A classic romantic adventure story in which a young couple set out on a series of crazy adventures on the French Riviera. French dialogue with subtitles.

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EAN5060034578833

eBay Product ID (ePID)63729504

Product Key Features

ActorJean-Pierre Leaud, Anna Karina, Jean-Paul Belmondo

Film/TV TitlePierrot Le Fou

DirectorJean-Luc Godard

LanguageFrench

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

Run Time105 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2008

FormatDVD

FeaturesWidescreen, With Subtitles

GenreAction & Adventure

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureFrance

ComposerAntoine Duhamel

Additional InformationFrench auteur Jean-Luc Godard continues his fascination with the crime genre--after BREATHLESS and BAND OF OUTSIDERS--with PIERROT LE FOU. After escaping his stale, bourgeois marriage, Ferdinand Griffon (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a man on the run, encounters a captivating woman, Marianne (Godard's then-wife, Anna Karina). Striking up an immediate connection, the two begin a freewheeling affair that leads them to the Mediterranean Sea. There's one slight problem, though. Marianne is being pursued by a group of bloodthirsty mobsters who have chased her out of Algeria. Making matters worse for Ferdinand is the unfortunate fact that she turns out to be as much of a headache as his wife was, constantly referring to him as 'Pierrot,' much to his disdain. As their relationship reaches its boiling point, the hit men arrive, threatening to terminate both their relationship and their lives. Based on Lionel White's OBSESSION, PIERROT LE FOU is an example of a filmmaker's lack of preparation actually working to his benefit. Godard has said that he had no script on which to proceed, forcing him to make up the film as he went along. It is this seemingly improvised, brisk pacing--in addition to the performances of Belmondo and Karina--that makes the film such a fresh and original twist on an oft-mimicked genre.

ReviewsEntertainment Weekly - Jean-Luc Godard's long-unavailable road movie is the most visually dazzling film to emerge from the French New Wave, Los Angeles Times - Godard here goes a step further by insisting that the viewer always be aware that it is fantasy he or she is watching. It's a stance that pays off in layered meanings and intricate implications, Sight And Sound - [I]t's the push and pull between a profoundly felt classicism and the ephemeral sense of immediacy that makes this apparently ad hoc offering such a full meal

ScreenwriterJean-Luc Godard

FeaturedSamuel Fuller

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitlePierrot Le Fou

Director of PhotographyRaoul Coutard

Consumer AdviceContains moderate bloody violence