À bout de souffle (1960)

a.k.a Breathless

A young car thief kills a policeman and tries to persuade a girl to hide in Italy with him.

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Paul

"When we talked, I talked about me, you talked about you, when we should have talked about each other."

 14 years ago
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dchauvin

Beautifully disjointed editing. Such an interesting film to watch, original in many many aspects, but yes, a film for iconoclast filmmakers rather than storytellers.

 12 years ago
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turpentina

i enjoyed this film but it didn't move me because i didn't feel any affinity towards the characters.

 12 years ago

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