Pierrot le fou
1965FranceLanguage: frDirected by Jean-Luc Godard★ 7.3
Available in English: subtitled
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.
Themes and style
Tone
dark comedymelancholicsurrealabsurdistwhimsicalhaunting
Pacing
erraticepisodicdreamlike
Story
escapepursuitjourneyunraveling
Emotion
all-consuming lovefiguring out who you arelongingloss of innocencebelonging
Themes
class and moneycolonial historycaught between worldslife under oppression
Feel
cerebraldiscussion starterquietly hauntingrewatchable
Violence
moderate