The story of Jean-Luc Godard making ‘Breathless’, told by American director Richard Linklater (‘Before Sunrise’, ‘Boyhood’) in the form and spirit of the times.
This is a playful, black-and-white making-of story for Godard’s New Wave classic ‘À Bout de Souffle’ that captures a revolutionary moment in cinema history with reverence and a touch of cheek. Styled as a mischievous declaration of love for the 1959 cult film, but also for a pivotal period of cinema that Linklater nostalgically revisits right down to techniques characteristic of the era. More than the portrait of a man and his art, the film evokes a prolific period in film, symbolised by freedom of voice, improvisation, and an attachment to everyday poetry. “It’s the story of a personal revolution of cinema led by a man, and by everyone around him”, the filmmaker says. The cast includes Guillaume Marbeck (Jean-Luc Godard), Zoey Deutsch (Jean Seberg), Aubry Dullin (Jean-Paul Belmondo), Adrien Rouyard (François Truffaut) and Antoine Besson (Claude Chabrol), with the film paying tribute to their accomplishments with infectious admiration. ‘An enchanting ode to the rapture of cinema’. Variety. (Subtitles)
France/USA 2025 Richard Linklater 105m
