Boulevard (1960) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1960 · 95 mins · French

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Directed by

Julien Duvivier

Starring

Magali Noël, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Pierre Mondy, Jacques Duby, Robert Dalban, Betty Beckers

Georges “Jojo” Castagnier, a teenage drifter, squats in a roof‑top room in Paris’s Pigalle district after fleeing a hostile step‑mother. He idolises neighbor Jenny Dorr, a nightclub dancer, but she becomes involved with Dicky, a lazy ex‑boxer. Jojo scrapes together money through odd jobs—selling magazines, posing for artists—until he finally finds a more age‑appropriate romance with neighbor Marietta, though desperation drives him to a suicide attempt.