A romance between young Parisians, shown through a series of vignettes.
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Jean-Luc Godard
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Title: Masculin Féminin (1966)
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3 wins & 4 nominations.
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Paul is young, just demobbed from national service in the French Army, and disillusioned with civilian life. As his girlfriend builds herself a career as a pop singer, Paul becomes more isolated from his friends and peers ('the children of Marx and Coca Cola', as the credits announce) and their social and emotional politics. Written by D.Giddings <darren.giddings@newcastle.ac.uk>
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Jean-Luc Godard's Swinging Look at Youth and Love in Paris Today!Parents Guide:
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Catherine-Isabelle: I want to see it.
Elisabeth: Let's go. Eroticism makes me sick.
Catherine-Isabelle: Speak for yourself.
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(uncredited)
Written by Jean-Jacques Debout
Performed by Chantal Goya
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Due to the portrayal of youth and sex, the film was prohibited to persons under 18 in France - "the very audience it was meant for," griped Jean Luc Godard. See more »Quotes
Paul: Let's go. This is stupid.Catherine-Isabelle: I want to see it.
Elisabeth: Let's go. Eroticism makes me sick.
Catherine-Isabelle: Speak for yourself.
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Contrary to what Paul and his friend decide in the laundry mat sequence, Godard points out just before the credits that the word "féminin" does in fact contain another word: "fin" [end]. See more »Soundtracks
Tu m'as trop menti(uncredited)
Written by Jean-Jacques Debout
Performed by Chantal Goya
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22 March 1966 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$26,855, 13 February 2005Gross USA:
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It's strange this movie has not a single French comment.More than any Godard movie (I must confess I'm not a Godard fan,by a long shot),this one depicts a world now gone ,the world of the French sixties youth ,of the "Mademoiselle Age Tendre" magazine ,the world where a "pop" singer Chantal Goya used to sing "Si Tu Gagnes Au flipper" ("Should you win if you play pinball,then you've lost my heart ,'cause I know you've dated my best friend" exciting huh?).Every year the trendy girls used to elect their "Mademoiselle Age Tendre" and the winner had tons of presents and had the privilege of dining with Johnny Hallyday,Françoise Hardy and other "pop" stars of the era.Godard shows one of the lucky recipients and for once he displays some humor.Abortion and suicide did not exist in the sixties youth world they (magazines and radios) built for them,but in Godard's flick,they loom in the background.The director makes a tricky use of the words "féminin" and "fin".It's Marlene Jobert's first important part.
You had to be here ,I guess.For people who did not live in France in the sixties ,it is an honest time capsule