Jean-Pierre Léaud

Anne Wiazemsky

A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.—Stephan Eichenberg

La chinoise

La chinoise (1967)

Michel Poiccard, an irresponsible sociopath and small-time thief, steals a car and impulsively murders the motorcycle policeman who pursues him. Now wanted by the authorities, he renews his relationship with Patricia Franchini, a hip American girl studying journalism at the Sorbonne, whom he had met in Nice a few weeks earlier. Before leaving Paris, he plans to collect a debt from an underworld acquaintance and expects her to accompany him on his planned getaway to Italy. Even with his face in the local papers and media, Poiccard seems oblivious to the dragnet that is slowly closing around him as he recklessly pursues his love of American movies and libidinous interest in the beautiful American.—duke1029

Breathless

Breathless (1960)

Ferdinand Griffon, married to a wealthy Italian wife, has recently been fired from the television station where he worked. His wife forces him to go to a party at the home of her influential father, who wants to introduce him to a potential employer. Her brother brings babysitter Marianne Renoir to take care of their children. Feeling bored at the bourgeois party, Ferdinand borrows his brother-in-law's car to head home. He meets Marianne, who was his mistress five years ago and insists on calling him Pierrot, and offers to take her home. They spend the night together and he learns that she's involved in smuggling weapons. When terrorists chase her, they decide to leave Paris and his family behind and go on the run, on a crazy journey to nowhere.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Pierrot le fou

Pierrot le fou (1965)

Not satisfied with the script for his new movie, producer Jeremy Prokosch hires screenwriter Paul Javal to write a new one. Javal seems oblivious to Prokosch's obvious interest in Javal's pretty wife Camille. As Javal becomes ever more engrossed in writing the screenplay, Camille comes to resent him, thinking her husband is pushing her into the producer's arms for his own benefit.—garykmcd

Contempt

Contempt (1963)

Sometimes, solemn but somehow empty vows of love and devotion are just not good enough, and a simple "I love you" may prove to be insufficient. As a result, tall, slender, graceful exotic dancer Angela has set her sights on talking her unwilling lover Émile, into starting a family, but he seems absorbed with his other passion: cycling. However, Angela wants a child. Could Alfred Lubitsch, a handsome neighbour and Émile's bosom friend, lend a hand? What happens when a pressing demand turns into a misunderstanding, and love transforms into jealousy?—Nick Riganas

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La chinoise

1967

Action/ Comedy/ Drama

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Duration: 95 min

IMDB Rating: 6.9

Language: fr

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Plot Summary

A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.—Stephan Eichenberg

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Jean-Pierre Léaud as -Guillaume

Anne Wiazemsky as -Veronique

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