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Jules and Jim
FRANCE · 1962

Jules and Jim

François Truffaut
friendship and loyalty love triangle bohemian lifestyle consequences of passion pre-war Europe
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Synopsis

In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.

Cinema Atlas Connection
I'm obsessed with French New Wave cinema, films like The 400 Blows, Breathless, and Jules and Jim. They showed me that you could make a movie about anything, with a certain kind of playful energy. That definitely inspired Frances Ha.
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