See Richard Linklater’s love letter to French New Wave cinema NOUVELLE VAGUE at The Ross January 7-15 and then join us on Sunday, January 11 at 1:30 p.m. for a special screening of BREATHLESS, the Jean-Luc Godard classic that inspired it. Tickets are at regular Ross prices.

SYNOPSIS

There was before Breathless, and there was after Breathless. Jean-Luc Godard burst onto the film scene in 1960 with this jazzy, free-form, and sexy homage to the American film genres that inspired him as a writer. With its lack of polish, surplus of attitude, anything-goes crime narrative, and effervescent young stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, Breathless helped launch the French New Wave and ensured that cinema would never be the same.

Petty thug Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo) considers himself a suave bad guy in the manner of Humphrey Bogart, but panics and impulsively kills a policeman while driving a stolen car. On the lam, he turns to his aspiring journalist girlfriend, Patricia (Jean Seberg), hiding out in her Paris apartment while he tries to pull together enough money to get the pair to Italy. But when Patricia learns that her boyfriend is being investigated for murder, she begins to question her loyalties.

Director

Jean-Luc Godard

WITH

Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg

Run Time

1 hour, 30 minutes

Released

1960

HEARING AND VISUAL ASSISTANCE

Assisted Listening
Subtitles / Open Captions

Language

French with English Subtitles

Country

France

NOT RATED

Many of the films shown at The Ross are not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. Viewer discretion is advised as some unrated films contain language, violence, or other adult content.