Directed by:
François TruffautCinematography:
Raoul CoutardComposer:
Georges DelerueCast:
Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Marie Dubois, Michel Subor, Jean-Louis Richard, Vanna Urbino, Sabine Haudepin, Pierre FabreVOD (4)
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JULES AND JIM is François 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 makes room for him in their house, asking him to move in and become her lover. Jim complies, as he wants nothing more than to please his friend Jules, who agrees to the plan. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jeanne Moreau
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Back to the Wall (1958)
Oskar Werner
Austria
Best movies:
Jules and Jim (1962)
The Last Ten Days (1955)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Henri Serre
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Jules and Jim (1962)
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967)
Marie Dubois
France
Best movies:
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
Jules and Jim (1962)
Les Grandes Gueules (1965)
Michel Subor
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale (1963)
Jean-Louis Richard
France
Best movies:
The Professional (1981)
Don’t Forget You’re Going to Die (1995)
The Soft Skin (1964)
Vanna Urbino
Italy
Best movies:
Jules and Jim (1962)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Sabine Haudepin
France
Best movies:
The Soft Skin (1964)
Jules and Jim (1962)
The Last Metro (1980)
Pierre Fabre
France
Best movies:
Jules and Jim (1962)
Bed & Board (1970)
Love at Sea (1964)