1966 · drama · romance
Masculin Féminin
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard1h 45m1966
Paul, a young idealist trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life, takes a job interviewing people for a marketing research firm. He moves in with aspiring pop singer Madeleine. Paul, however, is disillusioned by the growing commercialism in society, while Madeleine just wants to be successful. The story is told in a series of 15 unrelated vignettes.
Our read: Masculin Féminin (1966) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / romance, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- brisk
- inventive
- signature
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