Charlotte and Her Boyfriend

Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (French: Charlotte et son Jules) is a 13-minute 1958[2][3] film by Franco-Swiss director Jean-Luc Godard. It is shot entirely in or from a hotel room, in which Jules (Jean-Paul Belmondo) gives Charlotte (Anne Collette) a seemingly endless and self-indulgent tirade on her faults and his tribulations. Belmondo's voice is in fact dubbed by Godard.

Charlotte and Her Boyfriend
Directed byJean-Luc Godard
Written byJean-Luc Godard
Produced byPierre Braunberger
StarringJean-Paul Belmondo
Gérard Blain
Anne Collette
Narrated byJean-Luc Godard
CinematographyMichel Latouche
Edited byCécile Decugis
Jean-Luc Godard
Music byPierre Monsigny
Release date
  • 3 March 1961 (1961-03-03)[1]
Running time
13 minutes
LanguageFrench

It is a homage to Jean Cocteau's successful one-act play Le Bel Indifférent [fr], where the roles are opposite.[citation needed]

It can be seen on the Criterion and Optimum DVDs of À Bout de Souffle.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ McCabe, Colin (2003). Godard Portrait of the Artist at 70. Bloomsbury. pp. 340–341. ISBN 0747563187.
  2. ^ McCabe, Colin (2003). Godard Portrait of the Artist at 70. Bloomsbury. pp. 340–341. ISBN 0747563187.
  3. ^ Roud, Richard (1967). Godard. Thames and Hudson. pp. 189. ISBN 0500470103.
  4. ^ "Breathless".
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