Anna Karina, Dirk Sanders, Graziella Galvani
Director Jean-Luc Godard's popular 1965 drama captures '60s French cool as only Godard could depict it. After attending a mindless party full of shallow chatter, Ferdinand (Jean-Paul Belmondo) suddenl...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 19, 2008
Stats: 559 reviews
Ferdinand (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a man unhappy with his marriage and bourgeois lifestyle, however his wealthy wife (Graziella Galvani) seems perfectly content to live a life surrounded by such shallow nonsense. Frustrated, he soon runs away with the babysitter of his two childre...( read more)
"It is not really a film, it's an attempt at cinema. Life is the subject, with [Cinema]Scope and color as its attributes...In short, life filling the screen as a tap fills bathtub that is simultaneously emptying at the same rate." - Jean Luc Godard
"The film is like a battlegr...( read more)
I had been waiting years to finally see this on dvd and not on some crumby full-frame vhs transfer. Thank you criterion!
This has got to be one of the most entertaining pictures of Jean Luc Godard's career. The more films I see by the enfant terrible of le Nouvelle Vague, the...( read more)
A lot of the same Godard themes from other movies, but still so many charming little moments. "I'm glad I don't like spinach, because if I did, then I would eat it. And I can't stand the stuff."
The 2 stars are for the look of the film. It is gorgeous with vibrant colors and cool Belmondo and beautiful Karina running around in the south of France. The film is nothing but a experiment mixing Noir with Surrealism. This film is all over the place and it's just not my cup ...( read more)
Very refined and stylish story brought as excellently as one Godard fan would expect, with Belmondo and Karina as great as always. Very fine film.
86/100
LETTERBOX. Entretenida "película de ideas" y flujo de consciencia, pero pierde moméntum en la segunda mitad, cuando las intenciones amenazan con ser más grandes que el resultado... Pero el final es genial, aunque no tanto como el trasero de Belmondo. / Entertaining "movie of idea...( read more)
Pure, mostly stupid poetry. Their play "Vietnam War" is pretty damn realistic though. Sure.
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