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Masculin Féminin

Name: Masculin Féminin
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1966-03-22
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 7.2

★ 7,2 /10 (430 Votes)

1966 FR 105 min

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.

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Release date

22/03/1966

Votes

430

Popularity

2.6

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

Genres

Drama Romance

Status

Released

Original title

Masculin féminin

Language

Runtime

105 min

Website

rialtopictures.com

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Paul

Chantal Goya

Madeleine Zimmer

Marlène Jobert

Élisabeth Choquet

No photo

Michel Debord

Robert Packard

Catherine-Isabelle Duport

Catherine-Isabelle

Evabritt Strandberg

She (Woman in the Film)

Birger Malmsten

He (Man in the Film)

Yves Afonso

Man Who Kills Himself (uncredited)

Henri Attal

The Other Porn Book Reader (uncredited)

No photo

Mickey Baker

Record Producer (uncredited)

Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot (uncredited)

Antoine Bourseiller

Brigitte Bardot's Director (uncredited)

Chantal Darget

Woman in the Subway (uncredited)

Françoise Hardy

American Officer's Wife (uncredited)

Med Hondo

Man in the Subway (uncredited)

No photo

Elsa Leroy

Miss 19 Years Old (uncredited)

Dominique Zardi

The Porn Book Reader (uncredited)

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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 a…

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