Breathless

Trailer

Play Dates

November 12, 18, & 20 Montreal, QC CINÉMA DU MUSÉE

November 8 – 9, 13, & 19 Philadelphia, PA PFS EAST THEATER

November 14 Austin, TX AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY

November 13 Port Townsend, WA ROSE THEATRE

November 14 – 17 & 20 (35mm) Los Angeles, CA VISTA THEATER

November 15 (35mm) Santa Monica, CA AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE AERO
Q&A with Richard Linklater!

November 15 – 20 Québec, QC CINEMA BEAUMONT

November 21 & 25 New York, NY MOMA

November 22 Mesilla, NM MESILLA VALLEY FILM SOCIETY

November 29 – 30 London, ON HYLAND CINEMA

December 2 Ann Arbor, MI MICHIGAN THEATRE

December 27 Saskatoon, SK BROADWAY THEATRE

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