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Jules and Jim (French: Jules et Jim [ʒyl e dʒim]) is a 1962 French New Wave romantic drama film directed, produced and co-written by François Truffaut.Set before, during, and after World War I, it follows a tragic love triangle involving French bohemian Jim (Henri Serre), his shy Austrian friend Jules (Oskar Werner), and Jules' girlfriend and later wife Catherine (Jeanne Moreau).
Jules et Jim was inspired by the love triangle involving Roché, the German writer Franz Hessel (who translated Marcel Proust into German, as the character Jules did) and Helen Grund, who married Hessel. [5] It is not based on the triangle involving Roché, Beatrice Wood and Marcel Duchamp, as sometimes suggested in Wood's later years. [6]
Two English Girls (1971), a story of "Proust and the Brontë sisters" [6] is the female reflection of the love story in "Jules et Jim". It is based on a story by Roché, who wrote Jules and Jim, about a man who falls equally in love with two sisters, and their love affair over a period of years. Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me (1972) was a ...
Henri Serre (26 February 1931 – 9 October 2023) was a French actor who was best known for his role as Jim, a "vivid, melancholy, and finally tragic figure" [1] in François Truffaut's Jules and Jim. Other appearances include The Fire Within, Section spéciale and Mister Frost. Serre died on 9 October 2023, at the age of 92. [2]
The 400 Blows (French: Les quatre cents coups) is a 1959 French coming-of-age drama film, [3] and the directorial debut of François Truffaut, who also co-wrote the film.Shot in the anamorphic format DyaliScope, the film stars Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, and Claire Maurier.
Untitled (Two Women) earthenware with glazes by Beatrice Wood, 1990 Beatrice Wood (March 3, 1893 – March 12, 1998) was an American artist and studio potter involved in the Dada movement in the United States; she founded and edited The Blind Man and Rongwrong magazines in New York City with French artist Marcel Duchamp and writer Henri-Pierre Roché in 1917. [3]
Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (French: [ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ mɛlvil]), was a French filmmaker.Considered a spiritual godfather of the French New Wave, he was one of the first fully-independent French filmmakers to achieve commercial and critical success.
Jules and Jim; Viridiana [8] The Vatican protested when this film shared the grand prize at the Cannes Film Festival. [76] 1962. Boccaccio '70 [77] The Legion ...