BREATHLESS aka A BOUT DE SOUFFLE
Year: 1960
USA: Rialto Pictures
UK: Optimum Releasing
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville, Henri-Jacques Huet, Van Doude, Claude Mansard, Jean-Luc Godard, Richard Balducci, Roger Hanin, Jean-Louis Richard, Liliane David, Jean Domarchi, Michel Fabre, Liliane Robin
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Country: France
Language: French (English subtitles)
USA: 90 mins
UK: 89 mins
USA Rated: Unrated
UK: 15
USA Release Date: 28 May 2010 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 25 June 2010 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 7 July 2000
Synopsis
Michel Poicard (Jean-Paul Belmondo) steals a car in Marseilles to get to Paris so he can find Patricia Franchini (Jean Seberg) an American girl he loves. On route in the stolen car though Michel shoots at a policeman in hot pursuit and kills him. This fast paced movie started the French 'nouvelle vague' film movement of the early 1960s and is in black and white.
To celebrating its 50th anniversary restoration, Rialto and Optimum are re-releasing this cult classic.