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Jules and Jim(Jules et Jim)

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France · 1962
1h 50m
Director François Truffaut
Starring Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Marie Dubois
Genre Drama, Romance

In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim. Both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine, but it's Jules who wins her hand – at least for a while.

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A tender tale [from the novel by Henri-Pierre Roche] that avoids mawkishness and impropriety in treating the lives of two friends who are mixed up with a woman they share.

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Chicago Reader by Dave Kehr

With this 1961 film Truffaut comes closest to the spirit and sublimity of his mentor, Jean Renoir, and the result is a masterpiece of the New Wave.

100

LarsenOnFilm by Josh Larsen

Playfulness is the defining characteristic of Jules and Jim, even if what it largely entails is a tragic gender gap of fatal proportions.

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Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten

In this enduringly transcendent love story, Truffaut traces the relationships between three lovers and friends over the years. Moreau dominates every fragment of the movie with her magisterial eroticism. The film works in ways that touch the heart more than the mind.

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