| Pierrot le Fou | |
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| Directed by | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Screenplay by | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Based on | Obsession 1962 novel by Lionel White |
| Produced by | Georges de Beauregard |
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| Cinematography | Raoul Coutard |
| Edited by | Françoise Collin |
| Music by | Antoine Duhamel |
Production company | Films Georges de Beauregard |
| Distributed by | Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC) |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | France |
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| Budget | $300,000 (est.) |
| Box office | 1,310,579 admissions (France)[1] |
Pierrot le Fou (pronounced [pjɛʁo lə fu], French for "Pierrot the Fool") is a 1965 French New Wave romantic crime drama road film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina. The film is based on the 1962 novel Obsession by Lionel White. It was Godard's tenth feature film, released between Alphaville and Masculin, féminin. The plot follows Ferdinand, an unhappily married man, as he escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a young woman chased by OAS hitmen from Algeria.
It was the 15th-highest grossing film of the year, with a total of 1,310,580 admissions in France.[2] The film was selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 38th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3] It received critical acclaim with praise towards the film's narrative style, Belmondo's and Karina's performances, Godard's direction and the cinematography.
- ^ Box office information for film at Box office Story
- ^ "Pierrot le fou (1965) – JPBox-Office". jpbox-office.com. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences