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À bout de souffle [dvd] = Breathless

2014
DVDs
Jean Paul Belmondo plays Michel Poiccard, a hoodlum who after stealing a car to drive to Paris, discovers a gun in the glove department and shoots a policeman whom he encounters on the way. While in Paris, searching for a criminal who owes him money, he meets up with an American ex-girlfriend Patricia Franchini, whom he tries to persuade to go to Italy with him. While staying in her apartment, Poiccard is recognised and the police strike a deal with Patricia that leads to his downfall.
Imprint:
[Australia] : Umbrella Entertainment, [2014].[Australia] Umbrella Entertainment, [2014]©1959
Collation:
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, black & white ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Umbrella : DAVID3041.Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.Sound track in French, with English subtitles.
Credits:
Director, Jean-Luc Godard ; producer, Georges de Beauregard ; screenplay, Jean-Luc Godard ; artistic idea, François Truffaut ; photography, Raoul Coutard ; artistic and technical advisor, Claude Chabrol.
Performers:
Cast: Jean Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger.
System details:
DVD ; Region 4.
Language:
French
Added title:
BRN:
19303
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