Pierrot le Fou - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[scarlett]

One of the witnesses who notices Ferdinand and Marianne in Nice is called Lazlo Kovaks. This is the alias of Michel Poiccard in "À bout de soufflé" and also the name of Belmondo's character in À double tour (1959).

[melinda]

Jean-Pierre Léaud was an uncredited assistant director on the film.

[ethel]

Despite continual claims that Godard shot the majority of his films without scripts or preparation, actress Anna Karina has subsequently claimed that they were in fact very carefully planned out to the smallest of details, with an almost obsessive level of perfectionism.

[camila]

Ferdinand mentions the story of William Wilson who saw his double in the street. This is a reference to "William Wilson", a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, about a man who is haunted by his double.

[frederick]

In the scene with the train the Voice Over reads two lines from Federico García Lorca's "Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías".

[bessie]

Ferdinand says that his rifle is the same make as the one that killed Kennedy, making it a 6.5×52mm Carcano Model 91/38 (aka Mannlicher-Carcano).

[duane]

The fox that is kept on a leash on the table is a Fennec Fox, a native of the North African Sahara.

[camila]

Lead actress Anna Karina was married to Jean-Luc Godard at the time.

[frances]

The movie is mentioned by Brazilian singer Vinícius Cantuária in his song "Clichê do Clichê".

[scarlett]

When Marianne mentions Vivien, the nephew of William of Orange, and his slaughter of Saracens, she is referring to the "Chanson de Guillaume" or "Chançun de Willame", a poem (chanson de geste) from around 1140.

[camila]

Director Jean-Luc Godard allegedly shot the film without a script. See also Breathless (1960).

[leo]

The film was first released on Blu-ray in the U.S. by The Criterion Collection in 2009. However, it was discontinued almost immediately due to Criterion losing the rights to Studio Canal, its previous owners. For a while, it became a collector's item due to its OOP (out of print) status, until July 15, 2020, when Criterion announced the film as one of the titles for its October 2020 release lineup.

[toni]

Marianne and Ferdinand mention Leonov and White when discussing the moon. These are references to Alexey Leonov and Edward H. White II, who were the first men to walk in space for the USSR and the USA respectively.

[sylvia]

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