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Create a retro French New Wave political film poster using a torn paper collage style and a vertical single-page composition, evoking the worn-out feel of a street poster from 1968. Use cream-colored paper, faded black, deep red, mustard yellow, and soft cobalt blue as the limited color palette, adding heavy simulated film grain, halftone printing textures, ink bleeds, creases, scratches, rough paper fibers, torn edges, glue stains, and slightly misaligned relief printing fonts. Place a black and white portrait in the center, depicting a melancholic young man in a dark coat, in a three-quarter profile, cropped from the chest up, with curly dark hair. His face is obscured by a rectangular piece of paper, like a censorship mark, giving the image a mysterious, art-film feel. Surrounding the portrait are torn collage fragments: at the top left is a red cardboard with a black silhouette of a running protester; below it is a narrow strip of grayish-white text that reads “PARIS, MAI 68” and the smaller French text “LES MURS ONT DES OREILLES, L'AVENIR AUSSI.”; the far left edge is a vertical black film border with the white “36 KODAK TRI-X PAN FILM” printed on it; at the bottom left is a mustard-yellow torn cardboard with a cropped dark silhouette portrait; at the top right is a blue torn cardboard with the quote “UN FILM COUP DE POING ET DE POÉSIE.”, below which is “— CAHIERS DU CINÉMA”; directly below it is a tall black-and-white photograph fragment depicting a solitary figure walking through a damp Parisian street under a streetlamp at night; near the center right is a small torn piece of newsprint with the French slogan “LA BEAUTÉ EST DANS LA”. The background is a scene of crowds; in the lower right corner is a red torn cardboard sign with black silhouettes of Parisian landmarks. At the top center, the slogan "NOT EVERY REVOLUTION IS TELEVISED" is added in narrow, black capital letters. Near the bottom center, "A FILM BY" is added in small, compressed black font.{argument name="director name" default="JEAN-PIERRE LEMAIRE"} The main title, in huge, compressed red capital letters, occupies the lower half, covering the torn cream-colored paper:{argument name="French title" default="L’HOMME QUI RÊVAIT"} The English subtitle "" is added below in smaller blue compressed uppercase letters.{argument name="English subtitle" default="THE MAN WHO DREAMED"} A long black strip is placed at the bottom center, with the large, compressed white capital letters "COMING SOON" printed on it, below which is the smaller text "ÉTÉ 1968". A Cannes-style laurel leaf logo is included in the lower left corner, reading "SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE FESTIVAL DE CANNES 1968". A small French credits is added in the lower right corner, including "UNE PRODUCTION LES FILMS DU SOLEIL DISTRIBUTION". Maintaining the overall asymmetry, rawness, rebelliousness, and elegance of the design evokes memories of Godard, Truffaut, the May 1968 protest graphics, and handcrafted collages of French art film posters.
Prompt breakdown
Create a retro French New Wave political film poster using a torn paper collage style and a vertical single-page composition, evoking the worn-out feel of a street poster from 1968.
Use cream-colored paper, faded black, deep red, mustard yellow, and soft cobalt blue as the limited color palette, adding heavy simulated film grain, halftone printing textures, ink bleeds, creases, scratches, rough paper fibers, torn edges, glue stains, and slightly misaligned relief printing fonts.
Place a black and white portrait in the center, depicting a melancholic young man in a dark coat, in a three-quarter profile, cropped from the chest up, with curly dark hair.
His face is obscured by a rectangular piece of paper, like a censorship mark, giving the image a mysterious, art-film feel.











