Fresh
Breathless jumps to its own rhythm and pokes holes in its idols even as it worships them.
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News
Breathless
Wild! Violent! Outspoken and Honest!
1960 · 1h 30m · Not Rated
Crime, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Jean-Luc Godard
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Breathless
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.
Director and cast
- Jean-Luc Godard Director
- Jean-Paul Belmondo as Michel Poiccard
- Jean Seberg as Patricia Franchini
- Daniel Boulanger as Police Inspector Vital
- Jean-Pierre Melville as Parvulesco
- Henri-Jacques Huet as Antonio Berrutti
- Roger Hanin as Carl Zubart
- Van Doude as The Journalist
- Claude Mansard Cast
- Jean-Luc Godard Cast
- Liliane Dreyfus Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
95%
Tomatometer
Fresh
On its fiftieth birthday Breathless remains fresh and exciting, although its revolutionary approach has long since been absorbed into the mainstream, and the years do show on it a bit.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Fresh
Even 50 years later, it's easy feel how vivid a game-changer Breathless must have been when it arrived.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Fresh
This movie liberated the cinema -- the stories you could tell and the ways you could tell them -- as clearly and cleanly as Picasso freed painting and the Sex Pistols rebooted rock.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Rotten
Breathless has the proportions wrong. Too much rambling, too little point.
Sarah Kaufman, Washington Post
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