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Breathless

Original title: À bout de souffle · Turkish title: Serseri aşıklar

“Wild! Violent! Outspoken and Honest!”

1960 · 1 h 30 min
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
CrimeDrama

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean Seberg

Plot

Michel Poiccard, a petty criminal who models himself on Humphrey Bogart, steals a car in Marseille and kills a policeman. He goes to Paris, where he spends time with Patricia, an American student who sells newspapers on the Champs-Élysées, hoping to persuade her to flee with him to Italy. Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 debut, with jump cuts and handheld shooting, was a landmark of the French New Wave and changed the grammar of cinema.

Sinekatalog’s take

Godard's debut broke the rules of editing and storytelling with jump cuts and a cool, restless energy. Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg are iconic, and it launched the French New Wave.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (96,723 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 95% (82 critic reviews)
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