Jules and Jim is a 1962 French film directed by Francois Truffaut, adapted from Henri-Pierre Roche's semi-autobiographical 1953 novel of the same name, starring Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner and Henri Serre. It follows a decades long friendship between an Austrian, Jules, and a Frenchman, Jim, and their shared and shifting love for the free spirited Catherine, spanning the years before and after the First World War. Celebrated for Truffaut's restless, innovative camera work and editing, it is considered one of the defining films of the French New Wave.
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What gives Jules and Jim its distinctive visual style?
Jump cuts and freeze frames give it an offbeat style.
Britannica credits the cinematography, which uses jump cuts and freeze frames that were integral to 1960s film style, with giving Jules and Jim an offbeat look. The story itself is a love triangle involving three young people in prewar Paris, and Britannica calls Catherine, played by Jeanne Moreau, a classic New Wave woman.
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Jules and Jim (French: Jules et Jim [ʒyl e dʒim]) is a 1962 French New Wave romantic drama film directed, produced and co-written by François Truffaut.
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Jules and Jim, Description, original language
Jules and Jim is a 1962 French film directed by Francois Truffaut, adapted from Henri-Pierre Roche's semi-autobiographical 1953 novel of the same name, starring Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner and Henri Serre.
Wikipedia Awards section (etoile-de-cristal), checked 2026-09-27
The film won the 1962 Etoile de Cristal
Wikipedia Awards section (bodil-award-for-best-non-american-film), checked 2026-09-27
Bodil Awards | Best European Film | Jules and Jim | won
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Jules and Jim (French: Jules et Jim [ʒyl e dʒim]) is a 1962 French New Wave romantic drama film directed, produced and co-written by François Truffaut.
Created By: Francois Truffaut, Article lead sentence
Jules and Jim (French: Jules et Jim [ʒyl e dʒim]) is a 1962 French New Wave romantic drama film directed, produced and co-written by François Truffaut.
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