Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes

1966, 47min -

In this early narrative short by Jean Eustache, French New Wave icon Jean-Pierre Léaud stars as Daniel, a ne’er-do-well who loafs around Paris with his friends in search of easy money and pretty women. Daniel believes a new job playing a street-greeting Santa Claus will provide him with golden opportunities to meet girls, but his own desperation continually stands in the way of success. By turns comic and melancholy, and filmed with Eustache’s signature black-and-white, documentary-style cinematography, SANTA CLAUS HAS BLUE EYES marks an important stepping stone among the director’s unsentimental explorations of awkward young men who avoid self-reflection in their pursuit of the opposite sex. Show more

"Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes" — movie produced in France and released in 1966. It has a good rating on IMDb: 6.8 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 47min. "Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes" is currently available to stream on The Criterion Channel. Click on a playlink to watch it now!