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Breathless

1960 · Movie · 87 min

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Scores

  • IMDb7.6/10as of 2026-04-09
  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer96%as of 2024-08-14
  • Rotten Tomatoes average8.7/10as of 2021-10-05
  • Metacritic96/100as of 2026-04-05

What it is

Breathless is a 1960 French New Wave crime drama film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as a wandering criminal named Michel, and Jean Seberg as his American girlfriend Patricia. The film was Godard's first feature-length work and represented Belmondo's breakthrough as an actor.

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At a glance

Genres
Drama / Crime
Original language
English

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