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Masculin Féminin( 1966)

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Jean-Luc Godard's Swinging Look at Youth and Love in Paris Today!

Overview

Paul, a young idealist trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life, takes a job interviewing people for a marketing research firm. He moves in with aspiring pop singer Madeleine. Paul, however, is disillusioned by the growing commercialism in society, while Madeleine just wants to be successful. The story is told in a series of 15 unrelated vignettes.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Jean-Pierre Léaud

      Paul

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      Chantal Goya

      Madeleine Zimmer

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      Marlène Jobert

      Élisabeth Choquet

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      Michel Debord

      Robert Packard

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      Catherine-Isabelle Duport

      Catherine-Isabelle

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      Evabritt Strandberg

      She (Woman in the Film)

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      Birger Malmsten

      He (Man in the Film)

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      Yves Afonso

      Man Who Kills Himself (uncredited)

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      Henri Attal

      The Other Porn Book Reader (uncredited)

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      Mickey Baker

      Record Producer (uncredited)

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      Brigitte Bardot

      Brigitte Bardot (uncredited)

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      Antoine Bourseiller

      Brigitte Bardot's Director (uncredited)

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      Chantal Darget

      Woman in the Subway (uncredited)

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      Françoise Hardy

      American Officer's Wife (uncredited)

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      Med Hondo

      Man in the Subway (uncredited)

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      Elsa Leroy

      Miss 19 Years Old (uncredited)

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      Dominique Zardi

      The Porn Book Reader (uncredited)

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    A review by CRCulver

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    Written by CRCulver on Tue Jun 05 2018
    In MASCULIN FEMININ, shot in the autumn of 1965, Jean-Luc Godard studies the perennial features of courtship and dating between young men and young women, and the particular way they worked out in the newly permissive and economically booming society of 1960s France. Paul (Jean-Pierre Léaud) is 21 and has just finished his national service. In a café, he strikes up a conversation with Madeleine (Chantal Goya), a friend of a friend, with the pretext that she might help him find work. They start dating, and the film then tracks their rocky relationship, where Paul is frustrated as the sole man am...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • students' movement
    • bisexuality
    • menage a trois