FRENCH CINEMA – BREATHLESS
Duration: 87 mins
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Paul Seberg, Daniel Boulanger
Genre: Crime, drama
Language: French with English subtitles
60th Anniversary
A small time crook. Michel Poiccard, chased by the police after stealing a car, shoots one of them and flees. Back in Paris he finds an American girlfriend and succeeds in seducing her
again. He convinces her to go to Italy with him. But the police have discovered the murderer’s identity and are on his trail…
Seriously stylish… outrageously sexy. One of the seminal films of the French new wave.
1960 | Black and White
Berlin Film Festival 1960
Silver Berlin Bear – Best Director
BAFTA AWARDS 1962 – Best Foreign Actress (Nomination)
