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Breathless

Breathless

Wild! Violent! Outspoken and Honest!

19607.51h 30m

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.

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Written by Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol
Produced by Georges de Beauregard
Box OfficeBudget: $80K0

Top Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Michel Poiccard / László Kovács

Jean Seberg

Jean Seberg

Patricia Franchini

Daniel Boulanger

Daniel Boulanger

Police Inspector Vital

Henri-Jacques Huet

Henri-Jacques Huet

Antonio Berrutti

Roger Hanin

Roger Hanin

Carl Zubart

Van Doude

Van Doude

American Journalist, Patricia's Friend

Claude Mansard

Claude Mansard

Claudius Mansard

Liliane Dreyfus

Liliane Dreyfus

Liliane / Minouche

M

Michel Fabre

Police Inspector #2

Jean-Pierre Melville

Jean-Pierre Melville

Parvulesco the Writer

Themes & Keywords

hotel roomdying and deathnewspaperjournalistfriendshipparis, francefightloss of loved oneguncar thiefmarseille, francejournalismsmokingon the runblack and whitefinancial transactionsextramarital affairfrench noirspeculativecuriousrunaway couplefugitive loversskeptical

About Breathless

Breathless is a drama, crime film released in 1960 exploring themes of hotel room, dying and death, newspaper, journalist, friendship, paris, france. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard, it stars Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger. 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.

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