Breathless
A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.
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Breathless (French: À bout de souffle, 'Out of Breath') is a 1960 French New Wave film noir crime drama. written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as a wandering criminal named Michel, and Jean Seberg as his American girlfriend Patricia. The film was Godard's first feature-length work and represented Belmondo's breakthrough as an actor. Upon its initial release in France, the film attracted over two million viewers. It has since been considered one of the best films ever made, In May 2010, a fully restored version of the film was released in the United States to coincide with the film's 50th anniversary.-Wikipedia Fully restored version with English subtitles.
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- Director
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Starring
- Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Henri-Jacques Huet, Roger Hanin, Van Doude, Claude Mansard, Liliane Dreyfus
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