As he always corrects Marianne, "My name is Ferdinand." Pierrot was just Ferdinand before he knew Marianne. Although he is extremely disgusted with the vulgar world around him, he will only immerse himself in his spiritual world to pursue the truth.
Until he met his true love, Marianne. Since then, he has embarked on the road of no return to become Pierrot.
Godard, as one of the founding five tigers of the film manual, reneged on the so-called plot structure, theatrical effects, set design, and editing montage of previous films. The whole movie is basically like boiled water to a certain extent, allowing the audience to see the process of the characters from normal temperature to boiling step by step. But he is not blind; the whole film is full of his own extremely strong personal style from beginning to end. In the scene where the male protagonist and his original partner go out, various heavy colors are used; the jump cut to posters, famous paintings, and the use of pop art; the poetic confessions and dialogues of the hero and heroine; and the lens of the audience's perspective. It all became Godard's efforts to break through.
Back to the plot. Bole Xiangma must first have a good horse. As a young man, Ferdinand is unwilling to be ordinary. He was quiet on the outside, but full of passion inside. So Marian, the Bole, appeared.
The first time she walked, Marianne taught Ferdinand Madman the first step in his growth—killing. Judging from the way Marian killed the little man from the back, the man who died first was killed by Marian's stunt—jabbing the neck with scissors—and the second man was also headshot by Marian with a wine bottle. Moreover, Ferdinand didn't really do anything out of the ordinary. At most, robbing the car and making gestures at the security guard didn't really kill anyone. After that, the two began to enter a poetic honeymoon period, which lasted until they settled into the beach village. During this time, Ferdinand really fell in love with Marianne, and entered the second step of madman growth—crazy for love. But only with love. That still doesn't make Ferdinand Pierrot. After living for a while, cracks began to appear between the two. This became the third step in the development of the madman. At this point, both sides began to reveal their true interests, Ferdinand loved literature, Marianne loved music. Moreover, the long ordinary life in the country bored Marianne. Meanwhile, Ferdinand begins to distrust Marianne, but he has to endure it out of love for her. (One of the reasons is that Marianne has always concealed her so-called brother.) This time, after accompanying Marianne out, Marianne started killing again, and also put Ferdinand in danger of gang revenge. The two were separated for a while, and it was time for Ferdinand to return to himself. So Marianne appeared again, so Ferdinand entered the fourth step of the madman's growth-from love to hate. Marianne tricked Ferdinand into making up the story of his arms dealer's brother (actually her lover). The three eventually joined forces to make some gang money. Seeing that the two are about to live a happy life, Marianne ran away with the money to find her lover. So Ferdinand went to the place where she and her lover lived and killed them. On to the last act of tragedy. He covered his head with two bundles of explosives, and his numb heart could no longer say those poetic words. A puff of smoke on the isolated island became Ferdinand's swan song. He could no longer refute Marianne's words, because by this time he had become a real madman.
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