Pierrot le fou (1965)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Jean-Luc Godard

Writer:

Jean-Luc Godard (writer)

Release Date:

8 January 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Romance

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

On The Run | Mediterranean Sea | Party | Smuggling | Babysitter

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo	...	Ferdinand Griffon, 'Pierrot' (as Jean Paul Belmondo)
Anna Karina	...	Marianne Renoir
Graziella Galvani	...	La femme de Ferdinand

Also Known As:

Pierrot le fou (UK) (USA)
Crazy Pete
Il bandito delle 11 (Italy) (alternative spelling)
Il bandito delle ore undici (Italy)
Il bandito delle undici (Italy)
Pierrot Goes Wild
A bolond Pierrot (Hungary) [hu]
Elf Uhr nachts (West Germany) [de]
Hullu Pierrot (Finland) [fi]
O Demônio das Onze Horas (Brazil) [pt]
O daimon tis 11is oras (Greece) [el]
O trelos Pierrot (Greece) (reissue title) [el]
Pedro o Louco (Portugal) [pt]
Pierrot le fou (Argentina) [es]
Pierrot, den tokige (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Pierrot, el loco (Spain) [es]
Tokstollen (Sweden) [sv]

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

New Zealand:R18 | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Films Georges de Beauregard

Trivia:

One of the witnesses who notices Ferdinand and Marianne in Nice is called Lazlo Kovaks. This is the alias of Michel Poiccard in "À bout de soufflé" and also the name of Belmondo's character in À double tour (1959).

Quotes:

Marianne: Look at the last page, there's a little poem about you. It's by me.
Ferdinard: Tender... and cruel... real... and surreal... terrifying... and funny nocturnal... and diurnal usual... and unusual handsome as anyone
Marianne: Pierrot le Fou !
Ferdinard: My name is Ferdinard. I have told you often enough. Christ almighty ! You bore me to death !

Movie Connections:

References Le petit soldat (1963)

Soundtrack:

Ma Ligne de Chance

My favorite thing

I was fifteen when I saw this movie for the first time. I didn't knew much about cinema at this time. I didn't knew much about art either, nor music, nor nothing. But I will never forget the shock it was for me to discover that movie. This was pure poetry, it was the first time in my life I ever saw blue color, red and yellow. You don't have to be intellectual to love this movie, just a free child.

About some strange English subtitles I have on my DVD:

At the end of the movie, we can hear in French the first lines of a poem by Arthur Rimbaud (L'Eternité, 1872):

(Here I wanted to write the original french lines, but I'm not allowed. Curious world.)

English subtitles:

It's ours again / what is ? / eternity / No that's just the sea And the Sun

It should have been:

It is found again./ What is ? Eternity/ It is the sea/ Gone with the sun./

Minute 41. Ferdinand and Marianne are watching the man on the moon.

English subtitles:

F: - He thinks your legs and your breasts are very moving/ M: - Be quiet

But I can hear in French:

F: - I find your legs and your breasts very moving/ M: - Fcuk me