
Jules et Jim
- Director: François Truffaut
- Writer: Henri-Pierre Roché; François Truffaut
- Producer: Marcel Berbert; François Truffaut
CGiii Comment
You would be forgiven in thinking that this is a catastrophic comedy - the acting is reminiscent of the silent era - over-pronounced and affected.
Jim and Jules are an unattractive double act who dress identically.....chasing the same woman - the diabolical Catherine - a woman who would make any man turn homosexual for the sake of self-preservation.
Littered with redundant scenes, scored with the most inappropriate music - the overly wordy script is further brutalised by cluttered narration.
The ending is a preposterous climax to a monotonous melodrama that has garnered an inexplicable amount of praise.
Cast & Characters
Jeanne Moreau as Catherine;
Oskar Werner as Jules;
Henri Serre as Jim;
Vanna Urbino as Gilberte;
Boris Bassiak as Albert;
Anny Nelsen as Lucie;
Sabine Haudepin as Sabine, la petite;
Marie Dubois as Therese;
Michel Subor as Recitant / Narrator;
Danielle Bassiak as Albert's companion;
Elen Bober as Mathilde;
Pierre Fabre as Drunkard in cafe;
Dominique Lacarriere as One of the women;
Bernard Largemain as Merlin;
Kate Noelle as Birgitta