Breathless

1960 90 min ★ 7.5 Drama, Crime

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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Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Michel Poiccard / László Kovács

Jean Seberg

Patricia Franchini

Daniel Boulanger

Police Inspector Vital

Henri-Jacques Huet

Antonio Berrutti

Roger Hanin

Carl Zubart

Van Doude

American Journalist, Patricia's Friend

Claude Mansard

Claudius Mansard

Liliane Dreyfus

Liliane / Minouche

Michel Fabre

Police Inspector #2

Jean-Pierre Melville

Parvulesco the Writer

Details

Director

Jean-Luc Godard

Screenplay

Jean-Luc Godard

Tagline

"Wild! Violent! Outspoken and Honest!"

Status

Released

Original Language

FR

Budget

$80,000

Production

Les Films Impéria, Les Productions Georges de Beauregard, SNC

Reviews

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CRCulver

September 2, 2018

★ 8/10

A key film of the late Fifties/early Sixties French New Wave, <i>À bout de souffle</i> (Breathless) opens with suave lowlife Michel Poiccard (Jean-Paul Belmondo) stealing a car. When he's caught speeding on the way to Paris and pursued by the police, Michel kills the officer. Desperate to collect some money owed and make his escape to Italy, he hides out with Patricia (Jean Seberg), an American gi...

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CinemaSerf

March 14, 2024

★ 7/10

Jean-Paul Belmondo spends much of this film in just his boxers after his "Poiccard/Kovacs" character pinches a car, kills the pursuing police officer and the ends up taking refuge with his new journalism student friend "Patricia" (Jean Seberg). She's not quite aware of the extent of the trouble her new beau is in when he sets about trying to convince her that he has some cash coming and that they ...