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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Frangois Truffaut |
| Stars: |
Henri Serre |
| Genre: |
Foreign Films |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Romances · Character Study · Friends · New Wave (Film) · Love Triangles · Essential Cinema · Classic · French |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
VHS: REMASTERED |
| UPC: |
720917014753 |
| Release Date: |
1962 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 45min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
French |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 45min
Release Company: Wellspring (August 24, 1999)
UPC: 720917511726 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS: ed, 1hr 45min |
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Professional Reviews
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(11/01/2002, p.64, Geoffrey Macnab): "...Truffaut's masterpiece remains one of the most exhilarating of the New Wave movies..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
JULES AND JIM is Frangois Truffaut's intense, beautiful, enigmatic film about the lifelong friendship between two writers--French novelist Jim (Henri Serre) and Austrian children's author Jules (Oskar Werner)--and their mutual love for the eccentric Catherine (Jeanne Moreau). With artful black-and-white imagery, the story begins in 1920s Paris when Jules and Jim first meet and become friends. As young single men, they gallavant about Paris, chasing women or studying ancient art, always animated, curious, and charming. When they meet the equally energetic Catherine, whose impulses range from dressing up as a man to taking midnight plunges into the Seine, their circle is complete. But when World War II erupts, with Jules and Jim fighting on opposite sides, everything changes. Jules marries Catherine before going off to battle. After the war, they settle into a quiet existence in the French countryside. But Catherine is restless and unfaithful. Jim reunites with his oldest and closest friends, and Catherine... |
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