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Masculine-Feminine

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Paul (Jean-Pierre Léaud), 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 (Chantal Goya), and their affair often involves her two sexy roommates. 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.
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A '60s time capsule stuffed with ideas about politics, pop culture, and the battle of the sexes, Masculine-Feminine is one of Godard's classic black-and-white films.

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Pauline Kael The New Republic Aug 30, 2012
Using neither crime nor the romance of crime but a simple romance for a kind of interwoven story line, Godard has, at last, created the form he needed. It is a combination of essay, journalistic sketches, news and portraiture, love lyric and satire. Go to Full Review Time Out Feb 9, 2006
Its parodies and satires are recklessly inventive, and its fundamental pessimism isn't as flip as it may at first seem. Go to Full Review Terry Lawson Detroit Free Press Oct 14, 2005
4/4
May not have aged any better than Godard's other films of the period, but that doesn't mean Paul and company don't continue to ask questions and spout the opinions of the newly enlightened. Go to Full Review Brian Susbielles InSession Film Mar 6, 2023
Godard takes another experimental view of his own movie, inserting documentary, outside sub-plots, and sudden intertitles that break the rules of storytelling, but because it’s Godard, we’re not surprised and is still very watchable. Go to Full Review Sean Burns Crooked Marquee Sep 17, 2022
There’s the creeping sensation that this giddy, pop culture oversaturation is no longer sustainable, especially as these characters inch into adulthood. Go to Full Review David Harris Spectrum Culture Nov 16, 2021
Though Léaud is a significant figure as an actor, he also represents something even more important: the portraits of two of the most important cinematic artists as young men. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Leprechaun K @LeprechaunKing Aug 28, 2026 Movie is extremely boring with little entertainment value. Visually, it is dull and unintriguing. Goddard is grossly overrated. See more Alain E @AlainE Aug 27, 2025 I thought I liked it when I saw it first time fifty something years ago. Today appears pointless and self satisfied. Viet nam war=bad. Love=good. I think the guy in the bowling parlor who stabs himself with a knife is a brief appearance of Jean Paul Belmondo. I like Jean-Pierre Leaud but here all the actors are being wasted being in a supposedly intellectual movie. On MAX. I watched up to the laundromat. See more Will G @Wgoodeve Mar 6, 2025 A great film from Jean Luc Godard. It’s nice to see Paris and to practice my French. The acting and cinematography was good. It was a young adult romance. They go to a movie theater and a cafe. See more Dušan A @RT86182278 Nov 13, 2024 As Dragan Nikolic would say "It's Godard, there is no plot", but still a fun and beautiful movie See more Andr d @RT84345753 Jul 15, 2023 Obra memorável. A trilha sonora, os personalidade e a trama são perfeitos, certamente um dos melhores filmes que já assisti. Godard acertou em cheio nessa obra fantástica. See more Alexsander F @Aelxs Jul 2, 2023 Filme fantástico, bem ao estilo Antonionni e com à assinatura inconfundível de Godard. Uma pitada policia bem sútil. Recomendo a todos que assistam à essa película. See more Read all reviews
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Jean-Luc Godard

Director

Chantal Goya

Madeleine

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Paul

Marlène Jobert

Elisabeth

Michel Debord

Actor

Catherine-Isabelle Duport

Actor

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Synopsis Paul (Jean-Pierre Léaud), 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 (Chantal Goya), and their affair often involves her two sexy roommates. 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.
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Producer
Anatole Dauman, Jean-Luc Godard
Screenwriter
Guy de Maupassant, Jean-Luc Godard
Distributor
Royal Films International, Rialto Pictures
Production Co
Svensk Filmindustri (SF) AB, Sandrews, Anouchka Films, Argos Films
Genre
Romance
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 22, 1966, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 15, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$199.9K
Runtime
1h 43m
Sound Mix
Mono
Aspect Ratio
35mm, Flat (1.37:1)
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