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A thief on the run falls in love with a journalist and convinces her to escape to Italy.
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A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he reunites with a hip American journalism student and attempts to persuade her to run away with him to Italy.
"The history of cinema cannot be understood without the French New Wave of the mid-20th century, and 'Breathless' - the legendary Jean-Luc Godard's debut feature - is one of its earliest box office representatives. This movie, like many of its contemporaries, challenged the traditional way of making films at that time, experimenting with editing, hand-held camera and location shooting with natural light, to name just a few of its innovations for the time. An essential work of art in the repertoire of any cinephile, it will stay in your memory for its charismatic Jean-Paul Belmondo and captivating Jean Seberg."