Pierrot le Fou

Pierrot le fou (1965)

Timing: 1:50 (110 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1965-11-05

Country

France, Italy

Production

SNC, Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, Rome Paris Films, Films Georges de Beauregard

Genre

Drama, Romance, Crime

Budget

$300 000

Revenue

$52 640

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Director

Jean-Luc Godard

Actors

Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani, Aicha Abadir, Henri Attal, Pascal Aubier, Maurice Auzel, Raymond Devos, Roger Dutoit, Samuel Fuller
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Scenario

Jean-Luc Godard

Producer

Georges de Beauregard, Dino De Laurentiis

Operator

Raoul Coutard

Composer

Antoine Duhamel

Artist

Audition

Editing

Françoise Collin
All team (20)

• Godard parried accusations of a large amount of violence and corpses with the phrase that became famous: “It’s not blood, it’s just red.” Color symbolism plays a defining role in the artistic structure of the film.
• The film's title was intended to evoke associations in French audiences with the famous robber of the 1940s – Pierre Lutrel, also known as “Pierrot the Madman” (fr. Pierrot le Fou), a highly romanticized version of whose exploits is presented in Jacques Deray's film “The Gang,” based on the novel by Roger Borniche.
• Godard parried accusations of excessive violence and corpses with the now-famous phrase: "It's not blood, it's just red." Color symbolism plays a defining role in the artistic structure of the film.
• The film's title was intended to evoke associations in French audiences with the famous robber of the 1940s – Pierre Lutrel, also known as "Pierrot the Madman" (French: Pierrot le Fou), a highly romanticized version of whose exploits is presented in Jacques Deray's film "The Gang," based on the novel by Roger Borniche.