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7 February 1961 (USA) moreTagline:
The film that was banned for 4 years. Why..? (original Finnish poster tagline)Plot:
A young car thief kills a policeman and tries to persuade a girl to hide in Italy with him. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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French New Wave for Dummies more (123 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Jean-Paul Belmondo | ... | Michel Poiccard |
 | Jean Seberg | ... | Patricia Franchini |
| Daniel Boulanger | ... | Police Inspector Vital |
| Jean-Pierre Melville | ... | Parvulesco |
| Henri-Jacques Huet | ... | Antonio Berrutti |
| Van Doude | ... | Himself |
| Claude Mansard | ... | Claudius Mansard |
 | Jean-Luc Godard | ... | An Informer |
| Richard Balducci | ... | Tolmatchoff |
| Roger Hanin | ... | Cal Zombach |
| Jean-Louis Richard | ... | A Journalist |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Liliane David | ... | Liliane |
| Jean Domarchi | ... | A Drunk |
| Jean Douchet | ... | A Journalist |
| Raymond Huntley | ... | A Journalist |
| André S. Labarthe | ... | A journalist |
| François Moreuil | ... | A journalist |
| Liliane Robin | ... | Minouche |
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Also Known As:
Breathless (UK) (subtitle) (USA)By a Tether (UK) (informal title)
Åndeløs (Denmark) [da]
Acossado (Brazil) [pt]
Al final de la escapada (Spain) [es]
Außer Atem (Germany) (reissue title) [de]
Ausser Atem (West Germany) [de]
Do poslednjeg daha (Serbia) [sr]
Do utraty tchu (Poland) [pl]
Fino all'ultimo respiro (Italy) [it]
Katte ni shiyagare (Japan) [ja]
Kifulladásig (Hungary) [hu]
Me kommeni tin anasa (Greece) [el]
O Acossado (Portugal) [pt]
Serseri asiklar (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Sin aliento (Argentina) [es]
Till sista andetaget (Sweden) [sv]
Viimeiseen hengenvetoon (Finland) [fi]
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90 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Finland:K-12 (1996) | Finland:K-16 (1964) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:(Banned) (1960) | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:Unrated | West Germany:18 (bw) (nf) | Germany:16Fun Stuff
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Despite reports to the contrary, Jean-Luc Godard did not shoot the film without a script; however, he did not have a finished script at the beginning, instead writing scenes in the morning and filming them that day. See also Pierrot le fou (1965). moreQuotes:
[first lines]Michel Poiccard: After all, I'm an asshole. After all, yes, I've got to. I've got to!
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This is the one that started it all kids, the daddy of post-modern cinema. MTV jump cuts, fractured soundtrack and images aplenty
Self reflexive to the point that it not only acknowledges its own existence, it revels in it.
All style and no substance is considered a bad thing today, unless its Tarantino. Well, if it wasn't for Godard, chances are there would be no QT.
All the characters and images, and dialogue and sets are constructed from all aspects of life - Michel is a Bogart collage. Patricia apes everything she sees, from her Interviewee's facial gestures to Michel's own.
Don't let all this technical mumbo fool you, I did my thesis on Godard and would happily bore the ass off you with a lecture in great detail about this film, but the fact is, it's a stormer.
Grips you by the throat and shakes the hell out of you, and it doesn't let go until the final breath.
Fantastically, artistically magnificent. If Godard wanted to make his debut picture to show how well he understood American ideals and the history of cinema, he couldn't have made a better picture.
Top stuff French guy.