Tous les garçons s'appellent Patrick
| 1957 Comedy |  |
Credits Director:
Jean-Luc
Godard
Script: Eric Rohmer Photo: Michel Latouche Cast: Nicole Berger (Véronique), Jean-Claude Brialy (Patrick), Anne Collette (Charlotte) Runtime: 21 min, B&W Aka: Charlotte et Véronique; All the Boys Are Called Patrick Summary Véronique
and Charlotte are two students who share a room together in Paris.
One afternoon, whilst Charlotte is waiting for Véronique in the
Luxembourg gardens, she is accosted by an attractive young man Patrick
who soon manages to seduce her with his charms. They agree to meet
up later for a dinner date. No sooner has Charlotte left the scene
than Véronique appears, and Patrick manages to work his charms on
her as well. When they next meet, the two girls share the news that
they have each acquired a boyfriend named Patrick, little thinking that
it is the same man…
Review Tous
les garçons s'appellent Patrick, a delightfully witty and charming
romantic comedy, is one of Jean-Luc Godard’s earliest films, a short film,
yet it betrays the skill and innovative flair which the great director
would unleash in his subsequent full length films of the 1960s.
With its almost Shakespearean plotting, this is a more conventional film than its partner, Godard’s other short film Charlotte et son jules. Both are centred around the fickle folly of adolescent love in and around the chic Rive Gauche of Paris. Both films also feature a lead actor who would become emblematic of French cinema in the following decade – here, in a few short scenes, Jean-Claude Brialy establishes himself as the master seducer. The film was remade in 1992 by Etienne Faure, with a now middle-aged Jean-Claude Brialy looking on sagely as a young Thomas Langmann attempts to repeat his own youthful flirtations. |
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