Jules et Jim (1962)

Voti degli utenti:

7.9/10   

Regista:

François Truffaut

Scrittori:

Henri-Pierre Roché (novel)
François Truffaut (adaptation) ...

Data di uscita:

23 gennaio 1962 (France)

Genere:

Drammatico | Romantico

Plot:

Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Friendship | Paris | Love Triangle | WWI

Premi:

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 3 wins

Recensioni degli utenti:

Whirlpool Of Days

Cast

Jeanne Moreau	...	Catherine
Oskar Werner	...	Jules (as Oscar Werner)
Henri Serre	...	Jim
Vanna Urbino	...	Gilberte
Boris Bassiak	...	Albert (as Bassiak)
Anny Nelsen	...	Lucie
Sabine Haudepin	...	Sabine, la petite
Marie Dubois	...	Thérèse
Michel Subor	...	Récitant / Narrator (voice)

Alias:

Jules and Jim (UK) (USA)
Jules e Jim (Italy) [it]

Durata:

105 min

Nazionalità:

France

Lingua:

Francese | Tedesco | Inglese

Colore:

Bianco e nero

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonoro:

Mono

Divieti:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Portugal:M/12 (re-rating) (1975) | Portugal:M/16 (DVD re-rating) | South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Hong Kong:IIA | Portugal:17 (original rating) | Sweden:15 | Sweden:7 (re-release: 2003) | UK:PG | West Germany:12

Luoghi riprese:

Alpes-Maritimes, France

Compagnia:

Les Films du Carrosse

Curiosità:

In Jean-Luc Godard's picture Une femme est une femme (1961), Jeanne Moreau appears as herself. This becomes obvious because Jean-Paul Belmondo's character, while meeting her at a café, asks her: "How is 'Jules And Jim' coming?" Une femme est une femme (1961) was released in 1961, while Jules et Jim (1962) in 1962, but the reference exists because François Truffaut and Godard were friends at the time, and often collaborated in each others movies.

Errori:

Continuità: When Catherine lights the letters on fire, they are at first away from her dress, but in the next shot they are burning on top of her dress.

Citazioni:

Jules: She's more optimistic than you where time's concerned. She was at the hairdresser's and and arrived at 8:00 to dine with you.
Jim: If I'd known she might still come, I'd have waited til midnight.

Collegamenti:

Citato in Monogamie für Anfänger (2008) (TV)

Colonna sonora:

Le Tourbillon

Whirlpool Of Days

Those with heavy sensibilities along the lines of conventional "morality" seem to have a hard time allowing themselves to enjoy this film for what it is: A beautiful visual poem about the passing of time and the progression and growth of an unusual friendship. This friendship may be unusual but feels completely natural and true. Jules and Jim if anything, exhibit great maturity in their relationship with each other and Catherine. It's refreshing to see a film dealing with a deep love, friendship and emotional bond between two males and a mutual love for a woman, without the usual competitiveness and controlling possessiveness that is the norm. Jules and Jim come off more as an enlightened pair. It seems understood among them there is no real belonging of one human being to another. Catherine's whims of the heart are discussed between them at every stage throughout the film and they are willing to accept them and love her for who she is as well as each other.

I do feel that this film lost it's pacing toward the end and seemed to speed up to conclusion. That being it's only flaw. Visually it is stunning. Francois Truffaut was a poet with the camera and his subtle nuances are captivating. The scenes of Jules, Jim and Catherine enjoying days together seem so natural and evoke the feel of wonderful days spent together among best friends that transported me back to days gone by.

"we met with a kiss/ a hit, then a miss/ and we parted/ we went our own ways/ in life's whirlpool of days/ around and around we go/ together bound/ together bound."