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À Bout de souffle
FRANCE · 1960

À Bout de souffle

François Truffaut
crime and fugitives doomed romance existential alienation youth rebellion moral ambiguity
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Synopsis

A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.

Cinema Atlas Connection
I loved *Breathless* so much, and the idea that you could take genre conventions and twist them, that you could have these jump cuts and this kind of spontaneous energy, that was a huge influence on me. It gave me a real direction.
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This Film Influenced

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