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Masculin féminin
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Masculin féminin

Duration
1 hr 40 min
Paul, a shy awkward boy demonstrating against the Vietnam War, is in love with Madeleine, a young singer who's a pure product of contemporary consumer society. Visiting a building site, he slips from some scaffolding: was it suicide or a simple accident?

Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard (France, 1966, black and white)
Based on "Paul's Mistress" and "The Sign", by Guy de Maupassant.
Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud (Paul), Chantal Goya (Madeleine), Marlène Jobert (Élisabeth), Michel Debord (Robert), Brigitte Bardot (Actress in the café), Françoise Hardy (the officer's wife)
Genre: dramedy
Awards: Silver Bear (Berlin 1966)