Breathless
À bout de souffle
“ Wild! Violent! Outspoken and Honest! ”
CINEMA1960-03-16
DIGITAL2006-01-12
RegionFR
Runtime90 MIN
Media TypeMovie
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Jean-Luc Godard’s revolutionary jump-cut debut that smashed classical cinematic rules and captured cool existential rebellion.”
Storyline
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.
DIRECTOR / Director
Jean-Luc Godard
KEYWORDS
hotel roomdying and deathnewspaperjournalistfriendshipparisfrancefightloss of loved oneguncar thiefmarseillejournalismsmokingon the runblack and whitefinancial transactionsextramarital affairfrench noirspeculativecuriousrunaway couplefugitive loversskeptical
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Existential Cinema: Meditations on the Void & Human Agency
Facing the silent void to explore human agency and the search for authentic meaning.
Jean-Luc Godard’s revolutionary jump-cut debut that smashed classical cinematic rules and captured cool existential rebellion.
