Breathless (A Bout De Souffle)
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A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he reunites with a hip American journalism student and attempts to persuade her to run away with him to Italy.
Cast
- Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Jean Seberg
- Daniel Boulanger
- Jean-Pierre Melville
- Henri-Jacques Huet
- Van Doude
- Claude Mansard
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Richard Balducci
- Roger Hanin
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- Sep 5, 2017
a narration by a french person in an old movie: *puts an entire pack of cigarettes in their mouth and lights them all at once* I'm Sad me, wiping away a tear: wow...........five stars
WesOct 24, 2017Me, in my dior dress, after causing my annoying boyfriend's death: Oh No! Mon Dieu! This Is Une Tragédie! Je Suis So Sad!
Leticia FernandesOct 9, 2022Become immortal and then die. [35mm]
Josh Lewis - Sep 26, 2019
no one: Michel: 🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬sleep with me🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬
liam fSep 4, 2022if “would you still love me if I was a worm?” was a movie
eely 👻Jul 9, 2021Life lessons from Jean-Luc Godard: It's ok to hate women as long as you’re French.
CinemaVoid 🏴☠️ - Feb 17, 2017
Tfw u love movies so much that you make a movie
Neil BahadurMay 22, 2020men suck lmaooooooo
🌻 lindsay 🌻Aug 3, 2014Breathless 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 that it's reduced to mere mechanics. And the characters are…
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- Kareem is "meh" onBreathless
"I don’t know if I'm unhappy because I’m not free, or if I’m not free because I'm unhappy.” Decent film from the french new wave. Would've been better if it had more emotional/character depth, focused more on philosophy, romance, existentialism, you know the things that it was-
Olivia likedBreathlessI liked this a lot more than I thought I would and I think it has a great underlying message about women’s role in society. Patricia in the film is commonly overlooked when it comes to her intelligence and thoughts because all the men care about is her looks.
Les yeux d'Aisha lovedBreathlessLike a poem etched in motion, the script braids silence and speech into something timeless. The ending with Seberg “qu’est que c’est « dégueulasse »?” as the infamous New York Harold Tribune song begins to play is something I ponder about oftentimes.
- manny bobanny likedBreathless
Really enjoyed this. Some impressive oners and great lead performances. The treatment of women in the film certainly is aged - incredibly poorly. However, if you can put that aside, you get a complex love story, and an intriguing on the run story.
jam jammy jambam lovedBreathless"i'll stare at you until you stop staring at me." renewed my crush on seberg. alternates between a gorgeous 7 minute oner to a still with 3 cuts a few times, don't get why that's a thing. imperfectly perfect film.
nevan lovedBreathlessspectacular and innovative classic of the french new wave. perfectly shot with iconic and wildly charismatic lead performances; not much else to say that hasn’t been said before. endearingly dated, a true relic
- hanne dislikedBreathless
rating: 🚗.5 french movies are so insane cause they drop a banger like “to become immortal and then die” and then they turn around call women dogs and say something xenophobic
Logan lovedBreathlessOne can only dream of writing dialogue like this. Incredible protagonists, intriguing editing and directing really show why New Wave films are truly special
Mrhayramko8 dislikedBreathlessnot kind of movies that has something to the new era , there is not any thing worth it to watch it some secen any one can act it
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Breathless remains a living movie that retains the power to surprise and involve us after all these years.
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Godard brought to the screen the jagged, intuitive temperament of youth in a way that nobody else had ever done before.
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor
What makes Breathless a masterpiece along with its style is how Godard captures the overall malcontent, which still resonates with much of modern life as we know it and ultimately leaves us all breathless.
Sabina Dana Plasse
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Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Breathless (A Bout De Souffle) (1961)?
The movie is 1hr 30min long.
What's Breathless (A Bout De Souffle) (1961) about?
A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he reunites with a hip American journalism student and attempts to persuade her to run away with him to Italy.
Who's the cast of Breathless (A Bout De Souffle) (1961)?
- Jean-Paul Belmondo as Michel Poiccard alias Laszlo Kovacs
- Jean Seberg as Patricia Franchini
- Daniel Boulanger as Police Inspector
- Jean-Pierre Melville as Parvulesco
- Henri-Jacques Huet as Antonio Berrutti
- Van Doude as The Journalist
- Claude Mansard as Claudius Mansard
- Jean-Luc Godard as An Informer
- Richard Balducci as Tolmatchoff
- Roger Hanin as Cal Zombach
Who's the director behind Breathless (A Bout De Souffle) (1961)?
Jean-Luc Godard directed Breathless (A Bout De Souffle) (1961).
Who produced Breathless (A Bout De Souffle) (1961)?
Georges de Beauregard produced Breathless (A Bout De Souffle) (1961).
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