Discover the iconic Jules and Jim Poster, the cult film by François Truffaut. Immerse yourself in a free and tumultuous love story between two friends and an elusive woman. With its iconic shots and captivating soundtrack, this New Wave classic will transport you to the bohemian and carefree atmosphere of 1960s France.
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Description of this Jules and Jim Poster
Jules and Jim is a French romance film by director François Truffaut, based on the novel of the same name by Henri-Pierre Roché, and considered a classic of the French New Wave.
After the credits, which are already linked to images of the film’s main characters – Catherine, Jules, Jim, Albert, and little Sabine – a voice-over narrator introduces the time, place, and beginning of the action in two sentences: “In 1912, Jules came to Paris. He received a card for the artists’ ball from Jim, whom he only vaguely knew.” Very quickly, the Frenchman Jim and the Austrian Jules became friends. They shared not only an interest in literature, but also, and above all, in women. Jim, however, has in Gilberte a faithful partner to whom he can always return.
At Albert’s house, a friend of Jules, they see slides of ancient statues. One of them, a female figure with an archaic smile, particularly fascinates them. They go to the Adriatic island, where the statue is on display in an open-air museum. The narrator’s summary of their experience suggests that it will be fatal: “Have they ever encountered that smile? – No, never. – What would they do if they ever encountered it? – They would follow it.”
Upon their return, they meet Catherine, a French woman, with whom they find that same smile. In the short time their friendship has lasted, they have occasionally had affairs with the same women. But now Jules says, “Not that one, please, Jim!” What follows is the happiest period of all three of their lives. Jules and Catherine love each other, and for a time, they enjoy a carefree life by the sea. As soon as they return to Paris, there are signs that the three of them will not last. When Jules, during an evening walk along the Seine, mocks “the nature of women,” Catherine throws herself into the river. It doesn’t seem like a suicide attempt, but rather an announcement of what she is capable of.
But soon after, Jules and Catherine telephone Jim, full of joy: “We are going to get married.” But they will not see Jim again for years. The First World War breaks out.
After it ends, Jim visits his friends. Jules and Catherine meanwhile have a daughter, Sabine, and live in a small house in the Black Forest. Jim must realize that their marriage is in agony and that Catherine has a lover—Albert. Soon, a love develops between Jim and Catherine, which Jules accepts with lasting affection for Catherine. At times, even the pre-war happiness is recognizable. Jim and Catherine’s relationship, however, is marked by power struggles and acts of revenge and is further overshadowed by their unfulfilled desire for a child. Jim must return to Paris for his job. Their letters to each other hurt more than they reconcile. When Catherine suffers a miscarriage, their relationship ends.
Many years later, in early 1933, Jules and Jim cross paths in Paris. In the meantime, Jules is once again living in France with Catherine, in an old watermill on the banks of the Seine. Together, they take a car trip to a country house where Catherine is once again expected by Albert. The two The men, Jules and Jim, are not very surprised. During his next visit to the mill, Jim announces to Catherine that he finally wants to marry Gilberte and have children with her. Catherine pulls out a revolver. Jim manages to steal it from her and runs away from home.
A final chance encounter – a few months later – at a movie theater. Another car ride, stopping at an inn by the river. Catherine invites Jim to get in the car, she says to Jules: “Be careful now!” She drives at high speed over a bridge that is destroyed in the middle and does not lead to the other bank. The car crashes into the water, Catherine and Jim die.
Jules at the cemetery. The coffins containing the bodies of Catherine and Jim are burned. – One last time the narrator: “Jules accompanied them alone on their last journey. …The friendship between Jules and Jim had no equal in love.”