Breathless
Wild! Violent! Outspoken and Honest!
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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
Sep 2, 2018
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 some money owed and make his escape to Italy, he hid…
CinemaSerf
Mar 14, 2024
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 new beau is in when he sets about trying to convin…
