The film that launched the French New Wave follows Michel, a petty criminal who kills a policeman and then tries to persuade his American girlfriend Patricia to flee with him to Italy.

Godard revolutionizes cinema with jump cuts, handheld cameras, and improvised dialogue, creating a love letter to American film noir while establishing a new cinematic language that would influence generations of filmmakers.

Screening as part of our French New Wave side bar to accompany Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague.

“The film that changed cinema forever” – Cahiers du Cinéma

“Belmondo and Seberg crackle with chemistry in Godard’s revolutionary debut” – The Guardian

“A masterclass in spontaneous filmmaking” – BFI