It reminds me of when records would skip – I’ve seen this film several times, and it still feels like that stylus jumping across a groove. I honestly don't quite grasp what it's trying to do. The story follows the lives of Ferdinand (Jean Paul Belmondo), a recently out-of-work television executive, and Marianne (Anna Karina), his impulsive former babysitter, as they journey through France attempting to create an unco…

This is a truly rewarding movie experience that seems to take full advantage of what cinema can achieve. The French New Wave took inspiration from American crime stories, and Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 film PIERROT LE FOU has a fairly straightforward plot: Ferdinand (Jean-Paul Belmondo), five years into an unsatisfying marriage, reconnects with Marianne (Anna-Karina), his children’s babysitter and a former lover. Both…