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Breathless (1960)

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard

Drama | Crime

Most recently watched by sensoria, sleestakk

Overview

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.

Rated NR | Length 90 minutes

Actors

Jean-Paul Belmondo | Jean Seberg | Daniel Boulanger | Henri-Jacques Huet | Roger Hanin | Van Doude | Claude Mansard | Liliane Dreyfus | Michel Fabre | Jean-Pierre Melville | Jean-Luc Godard | Richard Balducci | André S. Labarthe | François Moreuil | Jacques Lourcelles | Liliane Robin | Gérard Brach | Philippe de Broca | José Bénazéraf | Jean Domarchi | Jean Douchet | Raymond Huntley | Louiguy | Michel Mourlet | Guido Orlando | Madame Paul | Jean-Louis Richard | Jacques Serguine | Jacques Siclier | Virginie Ullmann | Emile Villion

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
11/19/2025TabletStreamingVideo on Demand8 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Cute newsies sweaters.  The newspaper itself is almost another character in the story.

I don’t think I would have understood the choppy jump cut editing in this film without seeing Nouvelle Vague first.

Lovely score.

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