(Redirected from
À bout de souffle)
Breathless was the English language title given to the French film À bout de souffle, directed by Jean-Luc Godard and released in 1960, becoming one of the best-known films of the French New Wave.
Plot summary
Michel is a young thug who romantically models himself after Humphrey Bogart. While driving a stolen car, Michel shoots a policeman who follows him onto a country road. Penniless and on the run from the police, he turns to his American girlfriend Patricia, a student and aspiring journalist. The ambiguous Patricia agrees to hide him and the two spend their time evading the police, making love and stealing cars to raise money for a trip to Italy. As the police net tightens, Michel's bravado and desperation increase...
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A rare 1976 film by Amos Poe , featuring a cameo by Blondie singer Deborah Harry (playing a woman named Blondie) called Unmade Beds was an homage / satire to the original.
The film was remade in an English-language version in 1983, starring Richard Gere and Valérie Kaprisky, directed by Jim McBride .
See also