From highly acclaimed director Richard Linklater, this comedy-drama goes behind the scenes of the filming of Jean-Luc Godard’s first feature-length work, À bout de souffle (Breathless), released in 1960. Godard’s idiosyncratic and rule-breaking approach along with his addiction to “guerrilla filming” was utterly exasperating to many of those involved, but À bout de souffle is now considered to be a landmark of the French New Wave movement and one of the most influential films ever made.
Godard’s film was based on François Truffaut’s short outline, inspired by Michel Portail, a petty criminal who’d stolen a car, and his American journalist girlfriend Beverly Lynette, with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg in the leading roles.
Seamlessly recreating one of cinema’s most ground-breaking productions, Linklater’s quasi-documentary film pays an affectionate tribute in the spirit and style of the original.
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Saturday 24 October at 7.30pm
One Life Waterhouse Hall, 77 Compton Road, Winchmore Hill, N21 3NU
