It has since been considered one of the best films ever made, appearing in Sight & Sound magazine's decennial polls of filmmakers and critics on the subject on multiple occasions. Upon its initial release in France, the film attracted over two million viewers. At the time, Breathless attracted much attention for its bold visual style, which included then unconventional use of jump cuts. Along with François Truffaut's The 400 Blows and Alain Resnais's Hiroshima mon amour, both released a year earlier, it brought international attention to new styles of French filmmaking. The film was Godard's first feature-length work and represented Belmondo's breakthrough as an actor.īreathless is an influential example of French New Wave ( nouvelle vague) cinema. It stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as a wandering criminal named Michel, and Jean Seberg as his American girlfriend Patricia. Breathless ( French: À bout de souffle, lit.'Out of Breath') is a 1960 French crime drama film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
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