Une femme coquette (1955)

 

 

A young woman is tempted to flirt with a stranger.

 

Jean-Luc Godard's first short is a lively and to the point adaptation of a Maupassant story, nicely lensed on the streets of Geneva.

Masculin féminin (1966)

 

 

A romance between young Parisians, shown through a series of vignettes.

Quirky, witty, meandering analysis of young relationships may appear fleeting at first sight, but is fascinating to watch and reveals much more under its surface; and, alone Jean-Pierre Léaud is worth the admission fee.

Halliwell**: "An exploration of pop culture and politics, in a sequence of episodes intercut with arbitrary happenings, and as much concerned with form as content, moving cinema away from straightforward narrative to something more abstract and less interesting."

Maltin***: "Engaging, original concoction mixes politics, sex, comedy, nostalgia with standard boy-meets-girl theme." 

 

 

Masculin féminin (1996)

A young man, just demobbed from national service in the French Army, and dishillusioned with civilian life, and as his girlfriend builds herself a career as a pop singer, becomes more isolated from his friends and peers and their social and emotional politics.