Bibliograph

Type

Label

A bout de souffle

Language

fre

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

A bout de souffle

Oclc number

891344611

Runtime

90

Series statement

The Criterion collection, 408

Summary

Michel Poiccard, an irresponsible sociopath and small-time thief, steals a car and impulsively murders the motorcycle policeman who pursues him. Now wanted by the authorities, he renews his relationship with Patricia Franchini, a hip American girl studying journalism at the Sorbonne, whom he had met in Nice a few weeks earlier. Before leaving Paris, he plans to collect a debt from an underworld acquaintance and expects her to accompany him on his planned getaway to Italy. Even with his face in the local papers and media, Poiccard seems oblivious to the dragnet that is slowly closing around him as he recklessly pursues his love of American movies and libidinous interest in the beautiful American

Table Of Contents

Disc 1 (DVD). Feature film -- Archival interviews with director Jean-Luc Godard and actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg and Jean-Pierre Melville -- French theatrical trailer -- New English subtitles. -- Disc 2 (DVD). Video interviews from 2007 with Coutard, assistant director Pierre Rissient and filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker -- Two video essays by Mark Rappaport and Jonathan Rosenbaum -- "Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède," an 80-minute French documentary on the making of "Breathless" -- "Charlotte et son Jules," a 1959 short by Godard, starring Belmondo. -- Disc 3 (Blu-ray). Feature film -- Special features

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Breathless

Contributor