Tag: Pierrot Le Fou

  • Jean-Paul Belmondo, Star of the French New Wave Classic ‘Breathless,’ Dies at 88

    Jean-Paul Belmondo, Star of the French New Wave Classic ‘Breathless,’ Dies at 88

    Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, whose performance in Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 “Breathless” helped usher in the French New Wave, has died at the age of 88. The actor’s lawyer confirmed the report to news outlets on Monday. No cause of death has been revealed. Belmondo starred in nearly 100 features, for both film and television including the…

  • ‘Breathless’ star Jean-Paul Belmondo dies aged 88

    ‘Breathless’ star Jean-Paul Belmondo dies aged 88

    His film roles included Two Women, That Man From Rio, Pierrot le Fou, The Thief Of Paris and The Brain.Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, one of the biggest stars of postwar French cinema, has died aged 88 in his Paris home, his lawyer told Afp on Monday (September 6).Belmondo first came to stardom as part of the…

  • How Anna Karina and Jean-Luc Godard Immortalized Each Other (Guest Column)

    How Anna Karina and Jean-Luc Godard Immortalized Each Other (Guest Column)

    With the passing of Anna Karina, a curtain has fallen on the French New Wave, that fabled cinematic movement that brought fame to the man who made her name, Jean-Luc Godard. Yes, Godard is still with us, as is “Breathless” star Jean-Paul Belmondo (practically the last of the living New Wave legends), but his moviemaking…

  • French new wave star Anna Karina dies aged 79

    French new wave star Anna Karina dies aged 79

    Karina was best known for the string of films she made with Jean-Luc Godard, including A Woman Is a Woman and Pierrot le Fou•Anna Karina – a life in picturesDanish-French actor Anna Karina, star of Bande à Part and Pierrot le Fou and collaborator with New Wave director Jean-Paul Godard, has died of cancer at…

  • Cannes Opener ‘Everybody Knows’ Goes to Focus Features

    Cannes Opener ‘Everybody Knows’ Goes to Focus Features

    Focus Features kicked off the Cannes 2018 market by acquiring opening night Competition entry “Everybody Knows,” starring Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz. The solid Spanish-language melodrama from Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi played well Tuesday night to mixed response from critics. UTA and Memento fielded multiple bids for the film — which did not go to…

  • Jean-Luc Godard nostalgia: is it time to stop pining for the great director’s past?

    Jean-Luc Godard nostalgia: is it time to stop pining for the great director’s past?

    Redoubtable is a new biopic which focuses on the French-Swiss auteur’s early career. But in obsessing over the old Godard, it obscures the fact that he’s still making radical filmsSign up for Film Today and get our film team’s highlights of the dayBrace yourselves for a wave of Godard nostalgia. It’s 40 years since Jean-Luc…

  • Cannes Lineup Reaches From Spike Lee to Jean-Luc Godard

    Cannes Lineup Reaches From Spike Lee to Jean-Luc Godard

    The 2018 Cannes Film Festival will include new films from directors Spike Lee, Pawel Pawlikowski, David Robert Mitchell and Jean-Luc Godard, as part of a lineup light on American films and long on international auteurs both young and old.Lee’s “BlacKKKlansman” and Mitchell’s “Under the Silver Lake” are the only American movies in the 18-film main…

  • Cannes Film Festival Unveils Official 2018 Poster Featuring Godard Film

    Cannes Film Festival Unveils Official 2018 Poster Featuring Godard Film

    The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled its official poster for this year’s 71st edition, featuring an image from Jean-Luc Godard’s 1965 film “Pierrot le Fou.”The poster, designed by 27-year-old graphic designer Flore Maquin, is inspired by the work of French stills photographer Georges Pierre and features “Pierrot le Fou” stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina.The…

  • Cannes Film Fest Poster 2018: Jean-Luc Godard’s Kissing Bandits In ‘Pierrot Le Fou’

    Cannes Film Fest Poster 2018: Jean-Luc Godard’s Kissing Bandits In ‘Pierrot Le Fou’

    For the second time in recent memory, a Jean-Luc Godard film has inspired the annual Cannes Film Festival poster — this year with an image from his 1965 crime/romance pic Pierrot Le Fou. It’s a fitting tribute to have another Godard movie memorialized given this year’s event marks half a century since the legendary filmmaker…