LA SÉANCE NOUVELLE VAGUE - À Bout de Souffle THE FRENCH NEW WAVE SCREENING - Breathless
Jean-Luc Godard
Breaking all the rules, Breathless (À bout de souffle) became the iconic film of the French New Wave. Based on a true crime story written by François Truffaut, Godard crafted a semi-improvised film, packed with references to American cinema and stylistically daring. For his first feature, he aimed to capture French youth as it truly was. Winner of the 1960 Jean Vigo Prize, the film was an immediate success, catapulting Jean-Paul Belmondo (then still unknown), Jean Seberg, and Godard himself to iconic status.
4K restoration by Studiocanal
Crédits
Interprètes
Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Daniel Boulanger, Henri-Jacques Huet, Roger Hanin, Van Doude, Claude Mansard, Liliane Dreyfus
Screenplay
Jean-Luc Godard, d'après une idée originale de François TruffautImage
Raoul CoutardEditing
Cécile DecugisSound
Jacques MaumontMusic
Martial SolalProduction
SNC, Imperia Films, Les Productions Georges de BeauregardSéances
Cinéma Le Royal VFSTA - Salle 1
Introduced by Claire Allouche, from the Cahiers du Cinema
Claire Allouche is a research fellow in film studies (PhD from Université Paris 8), programmer (at Regards Satellites since 2024), film critic (Cahiers du Cinéma) and lecturer (Paris 3 and Paris 8). She trained in film studies and anthropology. She is also a member of the selection team for the work in progress at the Mostra de Cinema of Tiradentes in Brazil. She has also been a member of the jury at a range of film festivals, including FID Marseille, BAFICI and Sicilia Queer filmfest.
Jean-Luc Godard
Born in 1930
A film critic for Cahiers du cinéma and a defining director of the French New Wave, Jean-Luc Godard (1930 - 2022) continually pushed the boundaries of cinematic form and storytelling. From Breathless (À Bout de Souffle, 1960) to Contempt (Le Mépris, 1963), and Pierrot le Fou (1965), to Every Man for Himself (Sauve qui peut (la vie), 1980), and New Wave (Nouvelle Vague, 1990) starring Alain Delon, Godard’s work remains groundbreaking.
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