Breathless

Breathless is the English title for the famous Godard film A Bout de Souffle, which was at the forefront of the New Wave of film-making back in 1960. There was a re-make with Richard Gere in the lead role, which I haven't seen, and I've only just watched the original, which stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg.

To call Breathless a thriller would be pushing things a bit, because it's really a film that puts style above substance, and certainly above structure and plot. Belmondo's...