JULES ET JIM (Magical History Tour)

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Sat 2.11, 16h & Sun 10.11., 15h
JULES ET JIM François Truffaut F 1962 35 mm franc. OmeU 105'
Accompanied by Georges Delerue's swirling opening music, a male narrator's voice rushes through the first few minutes of the film. There is a lot to be said in advance: the brief characterization of the protagonists Jules (Oskar Werner) and Jim (Henri Serre), their first encounters, their special friendship, which is expanded in the course of the film to include Catherine (Jeanne Moreau), whom they both love. Between dramatization and detachment, the off-screen voiceover repeatedly makes itself heard. The voiceover takes a narrative step back from the whirlwind of an amour fou à trois that begins light-heartedly and is increasingly shaken, not least by the First World War. A sign of the film's formal freedom, which ultimately mirrors the freedom of its characters.