Breathless

Trailer

Play Dates

September 2 Brookline, MA COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE

September 2 Grand Rapids, MI CALVIN UNIVERSITY

September 4 – 10 Portland, OR ACADEMY THEATER

September 5 Berkeley, CA BAMPFA

September 16 Seattle, WA SIFF UPTOWN

September 27 Boulder, CO UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO

September 29 Memphis, TX RHODES COLLEGE

October 15 Kent, OH KENT STATE UNIVERSITY

October 26 Honolulu, HI HAWAI'I PACIFIC UNIVERSITY

November 9 Gainesville, FL UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

Illustration by Yoko Komura

Featured Quote

"STILL NOTHING LIKE IT. STILL COOL. STILL ENTIRELY ORIGINAL."
— A.O. SCOTT, THE NEW YORK TIMES

About

France, 1960
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Producer: Georges de Beauregard
Cast: Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo
Screenwriter: Jean-Luc Godard
From an original treatment by François Truffaut
Cinematography: Raoul Coutard
Music: Martial Solal
Genre: Crime, Romance
Black & White
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Language: French with English subtitles
Running Time: 90 minutes

Synopsis:
Small-time crook Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo) steals a car and murders a policeman. While on the run, he reconnects with Patricia (Jean Seberg), a journalism student living in Paris, and tries to convince her to go on the lam with him.

Awards and Nominations:
Best Foreign Actress nomination - Jean Seberg (BAFTA Awards, 1962)
Silver Berlin Bear, Best Director - Jean-Luc Godard (Berlin Film Festival, 1960)
Best Film Critics Award (French Syndicate of Cinema Critics, 1961)
Prix Jean Vigo, 1960

Restoration:
Restored in 4K from the original camera negative by Studiocanal and CNC at L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory (Bologna)

Reviews and Quotes 2

"REVELATORY! This restoration provided a welcome jolt of the new!"
— Richard Brody, The New Yorker

"Fifty years on, still the newest
movie in town!"
— John Powers, Vogue

"A thrilling reminder of how playful Godard could be."
— Ella Taylor, Village Voice