PIERROT LE FOU

1965.  JEAN-LUC GODARD.  COMEDY. CRIME. DRAMA. SURREAL.  FRENCH.


Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.  1965 French film starring Anna Karina and Jean-Paul Belmondo. The film is based on Obsession, a novel by Lionel White. It was Jean-Luc Godard's tenth feature film, released between Alphaville and Masculin, féminin. The title translates as Pete the madman.