The indefatigable and unpredictable Richard Linklater (Boyhood, the Before trilogy) pays heartfelt homage to the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 debut, Breathless, one of the most influential films of all time, and a defining example of what became known as The French New Wave. A shoestring production, based on an outline by François Truffaut, who had made a splash the previous
year with his own debut, The 400 Blows, Breathless starred the American Jean Seberg and the then-unknown boxer, Jean-Paul Belmondo, and was shot in DIY-fashion on the streets of Paris.

Notes by David O’Mahony

Official Competition, Cannes International Film Festival 2025

Screening as part of IFI French Film Festival 2025.