

Pierrot le Fou
You've met the tame Godard, the love Godard, the think Godard, ...now meet the wild Godard!
Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
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7.3/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $300K
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- paris, france
- mediterranean
- painting
- bourgeoisie
- road trip
- femme fatale
- money
- bombing
- dock
- fugitive lovers
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France, Italy
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical8 Jan 1969
- TheatricalRe-release16 Aug 2007
- PremiereNew York Film Festival14 Oct 2013
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival1 Nov 1965
- TheatricalLondon1 Apr 1966
- TheatricalRe-release27 Jul 1990
- Theatrical (limited)1521 May 2009
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical+1328 May 1968
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical14 Jan 1966
BrazilBR
- Physical14DVD26 Feb 2014
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical17 Feb 1966
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1613 May 1966
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP5 Nov 1965
- PremiereCannes Film Festival16 May 2009
- PremiereLa Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival12 Oct 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical18West Germany17 Dec 1965
ItalyIT
- PremiereVenice Film Festival29 Aug 1965
- TheatricalVM1829 Jan 1966
JapanJP
- TheatricalPG1218 Oct 1966
MexicoMX
- TheatricalB18 Dec 1969
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Pierrot le Fou was released on 5 November 1965.
Audience reviews
2- C10/10
CRCulver
6/5/2018
This is one of those utterly satisfying film experiences that seem to exploit every possibility of the cinematic medium The French New Wave drew much inspiration from American crime stories, and Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 film PIERROT LE FOU has a plot that is essentially simple: Ferdinand (Jean-Paul Belmondo), five years into a marriage that leaves him unsatisfied, meets his children's babysitter and discovers that s…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
1/24/2023
Remember the old days of vinyl when you'd put the stylus on, and it would just slide across the disc? Well, despite the number of times I have watched this film, it does the same as that stylus. I just don't really get it. It centres around the slightly Bonnie and Clyde existence of the married and recently unemployed television executive "Ferdinand" (Jean Paul Belmondo) and his flighty ex-babysitter "Marianne" (Anna…
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