| Uniform Title |
Breathless (Motion picture : 1960) |
| Title |
Breathless = a bout de souffle. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment, ©2014. |
| ©1959. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (86 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Umbrella Entertainment : DAVID3041. |
| Originally produced in France and released as a motion picture in 1960. |
| At head of title: Jean-Luc Godard's. |
| Special features: Temp (1965): Jean-Luc Godard (16 minutes) - Archive footage of Mike Hodges' interview with Jean-Luc Godard ; Room 12, Hotel de Suede (80 minutes) - a series of interviews with Claude Chabrol, Raoul Coutard and Jean-Paul Belmondo examining the origins of Breathless ; Original theatrical trailer (in French). |
| Credits |
Written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard.. |
| Performers |
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Henri-Jacques Huet, Van Doude. |
| Summary |
A playful car thief accidentally shoots a pursuing policeman. He hides out in Paris with a fashionable American girl, trying to raise enough cash for a getaway. She betrays him but he refuses to leave, preferring the heroic stoicism of his screen hero Bogart. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital mono, Region 4, PAL, full frame, 4:3 standard. |
| Language note |
In French with optional English subtitles. |
| Subjects |
Criminals -- Drama |
| Betrayal -- Drama |
| Man-woman relationships -- Drama |
| Fugitives from justice -- Drama |
| Murder -- Drama |
| Americans -- France -- Paris -- Drama |
| Feature films -- France |
| Motion pictures, French |
| Genre |
Crime films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Godard, Jean-Luc, 1930- director, screenwriter. |
| Belmondo, Jean-Paul, 1933- actor. |
| Seberg, Jean actor. |
| Boulanger, Daniel, 1922- actor. |
| Huet, Henri-Jacques actor. |
| Doude, Van, 1926- actor. |
| Added titles |
A bout de souffle. |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Narrower Subject References:
Authors:
- Belmondo, Jean-Paul, 1933- .
- Boulanger, Daniel, 1922- .
- Doude, Van, 1926- .
- Godard, Jean-Luc, 1930- .
- Huet, Henri-Jacques .
- Seberg, Jean .
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