Masculine Feminine
1966 · Movie · NR · 105 min · ★ 7.2 · 95% critics
A young man drifts through 1960s Paris, working as a market researcher while trying to make sense of love, politics, and a rapidly commercializing culture. As he grows close to an ambitious aspiring pop singer, their clashing priorities play out across a chain of short, chapter-like vignettes that capture the era’s restless mood.
Also known as Masculine, Feminine: In 15 Acts
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Details
- Original title
- Masculin féminin
- Years
- 1966
- Release date
- 1966-03-22
- Language
- French
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (422 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like French New Wave portraits of youth, romance, and politics told in loose chapters, similar to Breathless or Vivre Sa Vie; Not for you if you need a clear, linear story and tidy resolutions.
Pros: vivid 60s youth snapshot; playful, provocative conversations; memorable vignette structure | Cons: disjointed, meandering flow; heavy talkiness; can feel inconclusive
Themes
- suicide
- paris, france
- students' movement
- politics
- pop culture
- menage a trois
- interview
- magazine
- aspiring singer
- singer
- murder
- youth culture
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Jean-Pierre Léaud
as Paul
Chantal Goya
as Madeleine Zimmer
Marlène Jobert
as Élisabeth Choquet
- MD
Michel Debord
as Robert Packard
Catherine-Isabelle Duport
as Catherine-Isabelle
Evabritt Strandberg
as She (Woman in the Film)
Birger Malmsten
as He (Man in the Film)
Yves Afonso
as Man Who Kills Himself (uncredited)
Henri Attal
as The Other Porn Book Reader (uncredited)
- MB
Mickey Baker
as Record Producer (uncredited)
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard