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Jules and Jim

Original title: Jules et Jim
  • 19621962
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 45m
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7.7/10
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Jules and Jim (1962)
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Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.
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  • Director
    • François Truffaut
  • Writers
    • Henri-Pierre Roché(novel)
    • François Truffaut(adaptation and dialogue)
    • Jean Gruault(adaptation and dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Jeanne Moreau
    • Oskar Werner
    • Henri Serre
  • Director
    • François Truffaut
  • Writers
    • Henri-Pierre Roché(novel)
    • François Truffaut(adaptation and dialogue)
    • Jean Gruault(adaptation and dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Jeanne Moreau
    • Oskar Werner
    • Henri Serre
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 152User reviews
    • 94Critic reviews
    • 97Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
      • 3 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Bande-annonce [OV]
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    Jeanne Moreau, Henri Serre, and Oskar Werner in Jules and Jim (1962)
    Jeanne Moreau and Henri Serre in Jules and Jim (1962)
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    Jules and Jim (1962)

    Top cast

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    Jeanne Moreau
    Jeanne Moreau
    • Catherine
    Oskar Werner
    Oskar Werner
    • Jules
    • (as Oscar Werner)
    Henri Serre
    Henri Serre
    • Jim
    Vanna Urbino
    • Gilberte
    Serge Rezvani
    • Albert
    • (as Bassiak)
    Anny Nelsen
    • Lucie
    Sabine Haudepin
    Sabine Haudepin
    • Sabine - La Petite
    Marie Dubois
    Marie Dubois
    • Thérèse
    Michel Subor
    Michel Subor
    • Récitant
    • (voice)
    • …
    Danielle Bassiak
    • Compagnon d'Albert
    • (uncredited)
    Elen Bober
    • Mathilde
    • (uncredited)
    Pierre Fabre
    • Ivrogne in Cafe'
    • (uncredited)
    Dominique Lacarrière
    • Une des femmes
    • (uncredited)
    Bernard Largemains
    • Merlin
    • (uncredited)
    Kate Noelle
    • Birgitta
    • (uncredited)
    Jean-Louis Richard
    Jean-Louis Richard
    • Cliente au Cafe'
    • (uncredited)
    Michel Varesano
    • Cliente au Cafe'
    • (uncredited)
    Christiane Wagner
    • Helga
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • François Truffaut
    • Writers
      • Henri-Pierre Roché(novel)
      • François Truffaut(adaptation and dialogue)
      • Jean Gruault(adaptation and dialogue)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Henri-Pierre Roché's original novel was based on his own experiences as a young man. The original Catherine was still alive when the film was released and even attended the premiere incognito.
    • Goofs
      Around the 35th minute, a train is shown. It is supposed to be just after WWI (the girl, Sabine, is very young), but the train is marked SNCF. The SNCF was founded in 1937... Many years afterwards.
    • Quotes

      Jim: We played with life and lost.

    • Connections
      Featured in Las dos Elenas (1965)
    • Soundtracks
      Le Tourbillon
      Music by Serge Rezvani

      Lyrics by Serge Rezvani

      Performed by Jeanne Moreau

    User reviews152

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    10/10
    A breathless film about time.
    Time and revisionist critics have tried to tarnish the gleam of Truffaut's final masterpiece - citing its apparent misogyny and apoliticism; but for some of us, 'Jules et Jim' is the unforgettable film that opened the gates to both European film, and the great masters of American cinema like Hitchcock, Hawks and Ray.

    'Jules et Jim' is, along with 'Citizen Kane', THE vindication of the pleasures of cinematic form: the first half especially, in its rush of narrative registers and technical exuberance, is unparalleled in modern film. This isn't mere trickery - the use of paintings, books, plays, dreams, conversations, documentary footage, etc., as well as the different ways of telling a story through film, all point to the movie's theme - how do you represent people and the world in art without destroying them? Or is art the only to save people and life from extinction?

    The foregrounding of theatricality, acting, disguises, pseudonyms, games, works-within-the-work, all point to the high modernism in which the film is set, when the old certainties about identity and place were being destroyed by the Great War. In fact the film could be considered Cubist in the way it uses film form to splice up and rearrange images, space, characters, viewpoints.

    Truffaut's film is a beautiful elegy about time: the historical time heading towards destruction in the shape of the Nazis, and the circular time of love, obsession and art. These times struggle in the film's structure, history zipping past years in the framing, Parisian sections, and days stretching out interminably in the central rural rondelay.

    Far from being misogynistic, the film places Catherine's speech about 'grains of sand' at its philosophical heart. AND she's played by Jeanne Moreau, the most honest and human of all great actresses.
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    • Jul 12, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 23, 1962 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Languages
      • French
      • German
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Jules und Jim
    • Filming locations
      • Cimetière du Père-Lachaise - 16 rue Repos, Paris 20, Paris, France(ending scene)
    • Production companies
      • Les Films du Carrosse
      • Sédif Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $509
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $11,206
      • Apr 25, 1999
    • Gross worldwide
      • $446,908
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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