1960 · drama · crime
Breathless
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard1h 30m1960
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.
Our read: Breathless (1960) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive drama · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / crime, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- inventive
- signature
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