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Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Breathless (A bout de souffle, 1960) |
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Based on a story by François Truffaut, BREATHLESS (A bout de souffle) is the first full-length movie of Jean-Luc Godard. The picture won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
Jean-Paul Belmondo kills a policeman and must soon face a national manhunt. He falls in love with Jean Seberg, a young american journalist who's unaware of Belmondo's real identity. Both dream of leaving France for Italy but Seberg, when told by the police that she's dating a criminal, denounces Belmondo.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Breathless (A bout de souffle, 1960) |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- criminals on the run
- criminal falls in love with victim
Lover is...
- criminal/bad doer
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- bald
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- (man) fat
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- theater
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- sex under blankets
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
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