On the Big Screen: Breathless

Dir Jean-Luc Godard, Fr, 1960, 90 mins, French with subtitles

Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Jean-Luc Godard

A small-time crook, hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder of a police officer, attempts to persuade a hip American student to run away with him to Italy. The architype of the French New Wave, Godard’s gritty and engaging first feature had an almost revolutionary impact when first released. If you’ve never seen it, here is a rare opportunity to enjoy this classic on the big screen.

There is simply no other film which demonstrates so perfectly what it feels like to be young and in love THE GUARDIAN