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Breathless / À bout de souffle
Jean-Luc Godard
Director's bio
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard (1930–2022) was a French-Swiss filmmaker, critic, and revolutionary artist, widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in world cinema. Born on December 3, 1930 in Paris, Godard studied ethnology at the Sorbonne before gravitating toward film criticism, writing for Cahiers du Cinéma alongside François Truffaut, Éric Rohmer, and Jacques Rivette. His debut feature À bout de souffle (Breathless, 1960) became a landmark of the French New Wave, breaking cinematic conventions with jump cuts, handheld camerawork, and self-reflexive storytelling. Over the 1960s, Godard directed a string of groundbreaking films including Le Petit Soldat (1960), Vivre sa vie (1962), Le Mépris (1963), Bande à part (1965), Pierrot le Fou (1965), Masculin Féminin (1966), La Chinoise (1967), and Weekend (1967), each redefining narrative and form while interrogating politics, consumerism, and modern alienation.
Synopsis
A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student to run away to Italy with him.
Details of Cast
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Luc Godard
Details of Crew
DoP: Raoul Coutard Editor: Cécile Decugis Music: Martial Solal Sound Design: Jacques Maumont
Producer Details
Georges de Beauregard
Writer Details
Jean-Luc Godard
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