MOVIE · 1960

Breathless

CrimeDrama90 min

After stealing a car and killing a policeman, Michel goes to ground in Paris and tries to persuade Patricia, an American journalism student, to leave for Italy with him before the police close in. Jean-Paul Belmondo is Michel, a cocky young thief moving from boulevard to hotel room with practiced charm, opposite Jean Seberg’s Patricia, who sells newspapers on the street while weighing whether to trust him. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard, the film follows their drifting days and tense conversations through a modern, quick-moving Paris.