Breathless

 

Electrifying, nonchalant, and brimming with unbridled energy –Jean-Luc Godard’s legendary debut. The film that truly marked the beginning of modern cinema. Breaking with conventions and proposing its own dynamic aesthetic, Breathless paved the way for all subsequent “new waves” and combined a love of American culture with Parisian cinephilia and the spirit of youth.

 

The story of a gangster (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and his American girlfriend (Jean Seberg) is an exciting play on genres and a defiant declaration by the filmmaker, who seems to be saying: “My name is Godard, and right before your eyes, I’m changing what we all love most: CINEMA.”