À Bout de Souffle
Screening in conjunction with ‘Nouvelle Vague’, Jean-Luc Godard's gritty and engaging first feature had an almost revolutionary impact when first released in 1960.
Small-time thief (Jean-Paul Belmondo) steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he reunites with a hip American journalism student (Jean Seberg) and attempts to persuade her to run away with him to Italy. Widely regarded as the ground zero of the French New Wave movement and clearly hugely influential and standout in terms of narrative and attitude. The film feels cuttingly original and has an aura of edge, attitude and freedom to the proceedings. A landmark film, it forever changed perceptions of cinema. (Subtitles)
France 1960 Jean-Luc Godard 90m
