Masculin Féminin
1966 French film by Jean-Luc Godard / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Masculin Féminin (French: Masculin féminin: 15 faits précis, pronounced [maskylɛ̃ feminɛ̃ kɛ̃z fe pʁesi], "Masculine Feminine: 15 Specific Events") is a 1966 French New Wave[2][3] film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. An international co-production between France and Sweden, the film stars Jean-Pierre Léaud, Chantal Goya, Marlène Jobert, Catherine-Isabelle Duport, and Michel Debord.[4]
Masculin Féminin | |
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Directed by | Jean-Luc Godard |
Written by | Jean-Luc Godard |
Produced by | Anatole Dauman |
Starring | Jean-Pierre Léaud Chantal Goya Marlène Jobert Michel Debord |
Cinematography | Willy Kurant |
Edited by | Agnès Guillemot |
Music by | Jean-Jacques Debout |
Production companies | Anouchka Films-Argos Films Sandrews-Svenskfilmindustri |
Distributed by | Columbia Films S.A. |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Countries | France Sweden |
Language | French |
Box office | 427,430 admissions (France)[1] |
Léaud plays Paul, a romantic young idealist who chases budding pop star Madeleine (played by Goya, a real-life yé-yé girl). Despite markedly different musical tastes and political leanings, the two soon become romantically involved and begin a ménage à quatre with Madeleine's two roommates, Catherine (Duport) and Elisabeth (Jobert). The camera probes the young actors in a series of vérité-style interviews about love, lovemaking, and politics.[5] At times the main story is interrupted by various sequences and sub-plots, including a scene paraphrased from LeRoi Jones' play Dutchman.
Masculin Féminin was intended as a representation of 1960s France and Paris.[6] The film contains references to various pop culture icons and political figures of the time, such as Charles de Gaulle, André Malraux, James Bond, and Bob Dylan. Arguably the most famous quotation from the film is "This film could be called The Children of Marx and Coca-Cola", which is actually an intertitle between chapters.[7]