À bout de souffle (Breathless)
1960
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Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Luc Godard, Roger Hanin
Godard's feature debut is one of the key films of the French New Wave. Its gritty camerawork and jump cuts introduced a new style which feels fresh even today. The story, acting and dialogue have not aged equally well. Jean-Paul Belmondo plays Michel, a reckless and annoyingly kinetic deliquent who shoots a policeman and hides in Paris with his American girlfriend. Remade as Breathless in 1983.
