---
title: 'Breathless (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jean-Luc Godard'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/breathless-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053472/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Breathless (1960)

1960 · 87 min · Drama, Crime · France

Original title: À bout de souffle

## Synopsis

Breathless is a 1960 French New Wave crime drama film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as a wandering criminal named Michel, and Jean Seberg as his American girlfriend Patricia. The film was Godard's first feature-length work and represented Belmondo's breakthrough as an actor.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jean-Luc Godard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-luc-godard)
- **Screenplay:** [Jean-Luc Godard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-luc-godard), [François Truffaut](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-truffaut)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Martial Solal](https://cinepixo.com/people/martial-solal)
- **Producer:** [Georges de Beauregard](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-de-beauregard)
- **Director of Photography:** [Raoul Coutard](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-coutard)
- **Editor:** [Cécile Decugis](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecile-decugis)

## Cast

- [Jean-Paul Belmondo](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-paul-belmondo) as Michel Poiccard alias Laszlo Kovacs
- [Henri-Jacques Huet](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-jacques-huet)
- [Richard Balducci](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-balducci)
- [André S. Labarthe](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-s-labarthe)
- [Claude Mansard](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-mansard)
- [François Moreuil](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-moreuil)
- [Daniel Boulanger](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-boulanger)
- [Van Doude](https://cinepixo.com/people/van-doude)
- [Jean Seberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-seberg)
- [Jacques Siclier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-siclier)
- [Liliane David](https://cinepixo.com/people/liliane-david)
- [Roger Hanin](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-hanin)
- [José Bénazéraf](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-benazeraf)
- [Jean-Pierre Melville](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-melville)
- [Jean Domarchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-domarchi)

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