La Chinoise (1967)

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard · Cinematography by Raoul Coutard

95 min48 frames

DramaComedy

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Stills, screencaps & shots from La Chinoise

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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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