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1965

     
   

Pierrot le fou (1965)

 

8/1 -

Agnès Varda's third film, Le Bonheur (Happiness) wins the 22nd Louis Delluc Prize.   Marie-France Boyer, Jean-Claude, Claire, Sandrine and Olivier Drouot star. [MORE] [ADD]

 

 

 

 

26/2 -

La Vieille dame indigne (The Shameless Old Lady), theatre designer René Allio’s directorial debut, is released.   Based on a story by Bertholt Brecht, it stars octogenarian actress Sylvie. [MORE] [ADD]

 

 

 

 

30/3 -

Exhibitors organise a nationwide "Free entry" operation to publicise the problems caused by excessive duties and taxes. [MORE] [ADD]

 

 

 

 

10/5 -

China participates in the Cannes Film Festival for the first time. [MORE] [ADD]

 

 

 

 

12/5 -

Richard Lester's The Knack... And How to Get It wins the Grand Prix at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. [MORE] [ADD]

 

 

 

 

1/7 -

Jacques Rivette replaces Eric Rohmer as editor-in-chief at Cahiers du cinema. [MORE] [ADD]

 

 

 

 

2/8 -

Cinema attendances in France drop from 423 million in 1957 to 273 million in 1964 according to a report from the Bulletin d'information du CNC [MORE] [ADD]

 

 

 

 

1/11 -

The Cahier du Cinéma adopts new methods of reportage, deciding to distance itself from writers' political views and to cease the systematic promotion of  American films. [MORE] [ADD]

 

 

 

 

5/11 -

Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot-le-fou, like À bout de souffle (Breathless) about a small-time crook on the run, is released.   Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina star. [MORE] [ADD]

 

 

 

 

10/11 -

Brigitte Bardot receives a symbolic payment of one-franc costs and damages from a number of publications that published photos of La Madrague, her property near St. Tropez, and its occupants using a telescopic lens. [MORE] [ADD]

 

 

 

 

17/11 -

The Comte Philippe de La Fayette lodges a complaint after being hit on the head by actor Peter O’Toole when leaving a club in rue Princesse in Paris. [MORE] [ADD]

 

 

 

 

22/11 -

Roger Vadim begins filming his adaptation of Emile Zola’s La Curée (The Game Is Over) in Paris.   Jane Fonda, the director’s wife, agrees to appear nude in the film. [MORE] [ADD]

 

 

 

 

22/11 -

Louis Malle’s Viva Maria! is released.   Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau star in the Hollywood style movie filmed in Eastmancolor on location in Mexico.   American actor George Hamilton also appears. [MORE] [ADD]

     
     
     
   

France 1965 - Other Films of Note

     
    Alphaville (1965)
   

 

   

Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard) [MORE] [ADD]

   

 

   

Les Fêtes galantes (The Lace Wars) (René Clair) [MORE] [ADD]

   

 

   

Paris vu par… (Six in Paris) (Claude Chabrol, Jean Douchet, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Eric Rohmer, Jean Rouch) [MORE] [ADD]

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