Breathless

"… not only the most important of the New Wave films but also the most passionate." -Andrew Sarris, The Village Voice

One of the masterpieces of the French New Wave, Breathless launched the career of Jean=Luc Godard. This ground breaking film tells the story of Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a handsome young criminal, who is on the run from the law after stealing a car and killing a policeman. He hides out in the Paris apartment of Patricia (Jean Seberg), a beautiful young American student. They spend their time dodging the police, making love and stealing cars to raise money for a trip to Italy. As the police net tightens, Michel's bravado and desperation grow and Patricia commits the ultimate act of betrayal.

After Bogart's death, a "Bogie Cult" formed at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as well as Greenwich Village, New York and in France, which contributed to his spike in popularity in the late 1950s and 1960s. Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960) was the first film to pay tribute to Bogart.