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May 21, 2015 · Perhaps Francois Truffaut’s most memorable film was Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim, 1962). It was the third feature film for the 29-year-old former film critic, coming directly after his outstanding Shoot the Piano Player ( Tirez sur le Pianiste , 1960), and for many people it ranks as the seminal film of the French New Wave (Nouvelle Vague) in ...
Jules and Jim (French: Jules et Jim [ʒyl e dʒim]) is a 1962 French New Wave romantic drama film directed, produced and co-written by François Truffaut. Set before and after World War I , it describes a tragic love triangle involving French Bohemian Jim ( Henri Serre ), his shy Austrian friend Jules ( Oskar Werner ), and Jules's girlfriend ...
Jun 20, 2004 · Fran. François Truffaut's "Jules and Jim" opens with carousel music and a breathless narration that tells of two young men -- one French, one Austrian -- who meet in Paris in 1912 and become lifelong friends: "They taught each other their languages; they translated poetry."
May 30, 2005 · Using the Great War (recreated by Truffaut with newsreel footage as a battlefield montage) to strip Jules and Jim of their youthful simplicity, the film comes into sharper focus once Jules and Catherine are married, have a young daughter, and move to the German countryside where the easy friendship between the three ferments and eventually sours.
Dec 21, 2017 · Jules and Jim is François Truffaut’s deceptively lyrical, yet understatedly complex nouvelle vague film on love and friendship. At the heart of the conflict is the enigmatic Catherine (exquisitely played by the incomparable Jeanne Moreau), whose chameleon personality adapts to suit the relationship she is in. (Note the effect of the equally ...
In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.
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The legendary François Truffaut directs, and Jeanne Moreau stars as the alluring and willful Catherine, whose enigmatic smile and passionate nature lure Jules (Oskar Werner) and Jim (Henri Serre) into one of cinema’s most captivating romantic triangles.
