Breathless (French: À bout de souffle, lit. 'Out of Breath') is a 1960 French New Wave crime drama film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as a wandering criminal …

Breathless: Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Jean-Luc Godard, Richard Balducci. A small-time crook, hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder of a …

Jul 20, 2003 · The filming of “Breathless” has gathered about it a body of legend. It was one of the key films of the French New Wave, which rejected the well-made traditional French cinema and …

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Dec 24, 2025 · Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless (À bout de souffle) is one of the defining films of the French New Wave, a movie that broke cinematic rules and created new ones. It’s stylish, bold, and …

Jan 16, 2024 · What is Breathless about? To understand Breathless (aka À bout de souffle), you must understand Godard—a task which seems impossible, given Godard’s own admission that he often …

In Paris, he turns to an American girl, a student and aspiring journalist, who hides him while he tries to raise money to escape to Italy.

With its lack of polish, surplus of attitude, anything-goes crime narrative, and effervescent young stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, Breathless helped launch the French New Wave and …

Breathless is an exercise in detachment. The camera hovers above the city, but it never seems to touch it. The dialogue is simple and profound, but it’s often so completely unrelated to the paper-thin plot …