---
title: 'Breathless (1983)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jim McBride'
released: '1983-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/breathless-1983'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085276/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Breathless (1983)

1983 · 99 min · Drama, Crime, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Breathless is a 1983 American neo-noir romantic thriller film directed by Jim McBride, written by McBride and L. M. Kit Carson, and starring Richard Gere and Valérie Kaprisky. It is a remake of the 1960 French film of the same name directed by Jean-Luc Godard and written by Godard and François Truffaut. The original film is about an American woman and a French criminal in Paris, while the remake is vice versa in Los Angeles.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jim McBride](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-mcbride)
- **Screenplay:** [Jean-Luc Godard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-luc-godard)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jack Nitzsche](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-nitzsche)
- **Producer:** [Martin Erlichman](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-erlichman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Richard H. Kline](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-h-kline)
- **Editor:** [Robert Estrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-estrin)

## Cast

- [Karen Black](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-black)
- [Miguel Piñero](https://cinepixo.com/people/miguel-pinero)
- [Garry Goodrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/garry-goodrow)
- [Eugène Lourié](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-lourie)
- [Lisa Jane Persky](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-jane-persky)
- [Art Metrano](https://cinepixo.com/people/art-metrano)
- [Valérie Kaprisky](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-kaprisky)
- [William Tepper](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-tepper)
- [John P. Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-p-ryan)
- [Richard Gere](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-gere)

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