Breathless (Criterion Collection)

Seminal early French New Wave film stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as Michel Poiccard, an irresponsible, small-time Marseilles crook, who goes on the run after killing a policeman. Fleeing to Paris, Michel takes refuge with his on-again, off-again girlfriend, Patricia (Jean Seberg), an American journalism student, and tries to coax her into leaving with him for Italy. With Daniel Boulanger, Henri-Jacques Huet. Jean-Luc Godard directs; story idea by François Truffaut. 90 min. Standard; Soundtrack: French Uncompressed PCM mono; Subtitles: English; interviews; video essays; bonus documentary "Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède" (1993); bonus short "Charlotte et Son Jules" (1959); theatrical trailer; essay. In French with English subtitles. Two-disc set.