A bout de souffle

The Brief

On a very low budget and with an attitude that said anything was allowed, Breathless emerged from the editing room like a breath of fresh air and put the final punctuation mark on the most important year in postwar film history - 1959. Starting from a banal crime story (found in a small newspaper item by François Truffaut), Godard created a formally revolutionary film and helped define la nouvelle vague. Breathless became a sensation in France and, to everyone’s surprise, also a box-office success. Godard thus quickly attained godlike status among cinephiles and other film freaks. Good to know: * Language: French * Subtitles: Norwegian * Age rating: 12 years