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Pierrot le Fou

You've met the tame Godard, the love Godard, the think Godard, ...now meet the wild Godard!

1965 · 1h 50m · PG-13 Crime, Drama, Romance
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard

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Overview

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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All reviews
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh

A wild-eyed, everything-in-the-pot cross-processing of artistic, cinematic, political and personal concerns, where the story stutters, splinters and infuriates its way to an explosive finale.

David Jenkins, Time Out
Fresh

So challenging and prolific has been Godard's 53-year career that virtually all of his films are as deserving of revival as Pierrot le Fou.

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

Made in 1965, this film, with its ravishing colors and beautiful 'Scope camerawork by Raoul Coutard, still looks as iconoclastic and fresh as it did when it belatedly opened in the U.S.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten

The result is repetitive and precious rather than inventive and fresh.

Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh

Unmissable.

Melissa Anderson, Time Out New York

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