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Jules and Jim

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In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules (Oskar Werner) strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim (Henri Serre). Both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine (Jeanne Moreau), but it's Jules who wins her hand. After the war, Jim visits Jules, Catherine and their daughter in their Austrian home and discovers not only that his feelings for Catherine are unchanged, but also that they're reciprocated.
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Francois Truffaut's arguable masterpiece in a filmography full of masterpieces ready to be argued for, Jules and Jim is an eternal ode to boundless love.

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Kevin Maher The Times (UK) 02/04/2022
5/5
This is a near-perfect film from François Truffaut... Go to Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian 02/02/2022
5/5
There is something very literary about the film, with dialogue line-readings that often sound like the voiceover narration by Michel Subor. Go to Full Review Carrie Rickey The Dissolve 02/18/2014
5/5
A case study in romantic triangulation. Go to Full Review Daniel Allen Loud and Clear Reviews 07/25/2024
4.5/5
A film where eccentric, young Parisians are dragged down by adulthood and other complications... 60 years on, Jules et Jim remains one of the definitive works of the French New Wave. Go to Full Review Justine Smith Vague Visages 11/21/2023
n the male dominated world of the French New Wave, Catherine in François Truffaut’s Jules and Jim stands out as a mysterious and particularly beguiling female presence. Go to Full Review Pauline Kael Partisan Review 09/11/2023
Jules and Jim is the most exciting movie made in the West since L’Avventura and Breathless and Truffaut’s earlier Shoot the Piano Player; because of the beauty and warmth of its images, it is a richer, a more satisfying film than any of them. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Scott M @RT75128960 Jun 15 A lot of dialog in this film about people's feelings. Very much a chick flick. I enjoyed the first 30 minutes. Sort of. The story just isn't for me. See more Julian Rex M @Julian_M 08/03/2025 A slowly spinning gyre of obsession, lust, hatred, and revenge, Jules and Jim may frustrate some with its daring blend of absurdity and real-life grit, but François Truffaut's assured execution of the script in combination with several moments of ingenious technical wizardry keep this genre-bending yarn from dipping its head into enervation--if not far from it. See more George L @RT80900284 08/01/2025 overrated in my view, and the heroines mood swings become too much and tiring. can't find the answer why this is a top movie in the reviews which give it 5 stars See more Will G @Wgoodeve 03/11/2025 A great French new wave film. It was made by Francois Truffaut. It was about two men, Jules and Jim, who both like a girl named Catherine. The scenes of France were great and I liked to practice my French. See more Evan B @RT44517462 02/06/2025 An incredible film that revels in the immediate joys of the world - friendship, eros, fun and youth - in order to convey a tragic irony: love comes with a cost. The friendship of the titular characters is charming, Catherine is simultaneously beguiling and terrifying, and at the end I was left wondering what exactly happened, why, and whether the Gallic or Teutonic mindset won out as a worldview... A must-see! See more Isaiah Y @zayman2 10/06/2024 Amazing direction by Truffaut with probably Jeanne Moreau’s greatest performance See more Read all reviews
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François Truffaut

Director

Jeanne Moreau

Catherine

Oskar Werner

Jules

Henri Serre

Jim

Marie Dubois

Thérèse

Vanna Urbino

Gilberte

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Synopsis In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules (Oskar Werner) strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim (Henri Serre). Both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine (Jeanne Moreau), but it's Jules who wins her hand. After the war, Jim visits Jules, Catherine and their daughter in their Austrian home and discovers not only that his feelings for Catherine are unchanged, but also that they're reciprocated.
Director
François Truffaut
Producer
Marcel Berbert
Screenwriter
Henri-Pierre Roché, François Truffaut, Jean Gruault, François Truffaut
Distributor
Janus Films, Alpha Filmes, Criterion Collection
Production Co
Les Films du Carrosse
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 23, 1962, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 23, 2017
Runtime
1h 50m
Sound Mix
Mono
Aspect Ratio
35mm, Scope (2.35:1)
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