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- Set during the advent of World War I, Jules and Jim is an allegorical film about the turmoil between French nationalism and the German occupation of World War II. As with the characters’ doomed love triangle, the film is a scathing indictment of a country led to ruin by lack of conviction and feigned neutrality.
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Plot. In 1912, Jules, a shy Austrian writer living in Paris, forges a friendship with the more extroverted Frenchman Jim. They share an interest in the world of the arts and the bohemian lifestyle. At a slide show, they become entranced with a bust of a goddess with a serene smile and travel to an island in the Adriatic Sea to see it.
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Jun 20, 2004 · “Jules and Jim” is one of those rare films that knows how fast audiences can think, and how emotions contain their own explanations. It’s about three people who could not concede that their moment of perfect happiness was over, and pursued it into dark and sad places.
Synopsis. The film is set before, during and after the Great War in several different parts of France, Austria, and Germany. Jules (Oskar Werner) is a shy writer from Austria who forges a friendship with the more extroverted Frenchman Jim (Henri Serre).
Jules and Jim is a 1962 French drama/romance film by director François Truffaut. The film takes place over several decades, dating back to World War I, where friends Jim, Jules, and Catherine are trapped in a tumultuous love triangle that unfolds over the years.
Jules and Jim: Directed by François Truffaut. With Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Vanna Urbino. Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.
- (45K)
- Drama, Romance
- François Truffaut
- 1962-01-23
the opening pre-title credits voice-over monologue (with a black screen), delivered by the film's female protagonist - a perfectly succinct summary of the film's plot: - You told me: "I love you." - I told you: "Wait."
May 30, 2005 · Using the Great War (recreated by Truffaut with newsreel footage as a battlefield montage) to strip Jules and Jim of their youthful simplicity, the film comes into sharper focus once Jules and Catherine are married, have a young daughter, and move to the German countryside where the easy friendship between the three ferments and eventually sours.
