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La Chinoise (1967)

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard · Cinematography by Raoul Coutard

95 min48 frames

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Stills, screencaps & shots from La Chinoise

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La Chinoise (1967) movie still: medium — A cluttered wooden desk sits between two people in a sparsely decorated room. The couple sits opposite each…La Chinoise (1967) movie still: medium — A woman sits in front of a dark bulletin board displaying colorful fashion illustrations. She reads a…La Chinoise (1967) movie still: closeup — The frame shows a close-up of a white wooden paneled door with decorative trim. Two hands wearing knit…La Chinoise (1967) movie still: closeup — A young woman stands before a wall covered in various fashion magazine clippings. She gazes directly into…La Chinoise (1967) movie still: medium — A man sits behind a large professional movie camera in a sparsely furnished room. A bright red table lamp…La Chinoise (1967) movie still: fullbody — Two individuals sit on a rooftop balcony enclosed by a wrought iron railing. The man reclines on the…La Chinoise (1967) movie still: medium — A man sits at a desk in front of a black chalkboard with a poster. He wears novelty glasses with American…La Chinoise (1967) movie still: medium — A woman stands before a flat blue wall adorned with two white information cards. The cards feature black…La Chinoise (1967) movie still: closeup — A person wears a vintage molded plastic lion mask against a dark wall background. They hold a red vintage…La Chinoise (1967) movie still: medium — A classroom with white wood-paneled walls and a black chalkboard with handwritten cursive text. A Black man…La Chinoise (1967) movie still: medium — Two individuals sit on opposite sides of a train cabin facing each other. Outside the window, a green field…La Chinoise (1967) movie still: wide — A stark room features a white wall with bold black French text painted above. Two matching red armchairs face…La Chinoise (1967) movie still: medium — A man and woman stand in a brightly lit doorway between rooms with colorful doors. The man holds a plastic…La Chinoise (1967) movie still: medium — A classroom with a tall chalkboard displaying white handwritten French text on the wall. A woman in a light…La Chinoise (1967) movie still: wide — A high-rise balcony overlooks an urban residential area with orange-tiled pitched roofs. Two pairs of people…La Chinoise (1967) movie still: medium — A man stands in front of a blackboard covered in handwritten French text. A newspaper clipping titled Garde…
La Chinoise (1967) — © Shanghai Animation Film Studio

La Chinoise — official trailer

What is La Chinoise about?

A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.

Where can you watch La Chinoise?

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Who stars in La Chinoise?

Who made La Chinoise?

What does the cinematography of La Chinoise look like?

Across 48 sampled frames, La Chinoise builds its coverage from medium shots (56% of the sample), with close-ups (29%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Raoul Coutard keeps 65% of it in soft, high-key light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 58% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1960s.

What is the color palette of La Chinoise?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of La Chinoise (1967) are #322f2d, #f4f3ed, #d7d5ca, #d33128, #ede8d5, #131211 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

  • #322f2d
  • #f4f3ed
  • #d7d5ca
  • #d33128
  • #ede8d5
  • #131211

See the full La Chinoise colour palette — every hex with its share, plus warmth, saturation and luminance.

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