Breathless

A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo

as Michel Poiccard / László Kovács

Jean Seberg

as Patricia Franchini

Daniel Boulanger

as Police Inspector Vital

Henri-Jacques Huet

as Antonio Berrutti

Roger Hanin

as Carl Zubart

Van Doude

as American Journalist, Patricia's Friend

Claude Mansard

as Claudius Mansard

Liliane Dreyfus

as Liliane / Minouche

Michel Fabre

as Police Inspector #2

Jean-Pierre Melville

as Parvulesco the Writer

Reviews

CRCulver

A key film of the late Fifties/early Sixties French New Wave, <i>À bout de souffle</i> (Breathless) opens with suave lowlife Michel Poiccard (Jean-Paul Belmondo) stealing a car. When he's caught speeding on the way to Paris and pursued by the police, Michel kills the officer. Desperate to collect so...

CinemaSerf

Jean-Paul Belmondo spends much of this film in just his boxers after his "Poiccard/Kovacs" character pinches a car, kills the pursuing police officer and the ends up taking refuge with his new journalism student friend "Patricia" (Jean Seberg). She's not quite aware of the extent of the trouble her ...

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