Synopsis: There was before BREATHLESS, and there was after BREATHLESS. With its lack of polish, surplus of attitude, crackling personalities of rising stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, and anything-goes crime narrative, Jean-Luc Godard's debut fashioned a simultaneous homage to and critique of the American film genres that influenced and rocked him as a film writer for Cahiers du Cinema. Jazzy, free-form, and sexy, BREATHLESS (A bout de souffle) helped launch the French new wave and ensured cinema would never be the same.

Language: French

Country of Origin: France

Production Year: 1960

Reviews:

• "Modern movies begin here, with Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless in 1960. No debut film since Citizen Kane has been as influential.", Roger Ebert
• "There's Potemkin, Citizen Cane, and this... Godard's first film.", Leonard Maltin
• "As fresh and startling as it was fifty years ago!", Martin Scorsese

Awards:

• 1960: Winner
• 1960: Winner