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The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups, The Four Hundred Blows) (Country: France; Year: 1959; Director: Francois Truffaut; Writer: Francois Truffaut; Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy, Patrick Auffay, Georges Flamant, Guy Decomble)
A classic looking at the life of a 12-year-old in Paris.
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Breathless (À Bout De Souffle) (Country: France; Year: 1960; Director: Jean-Luc Godard; Writer: Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut; Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville, Henri-Jacques Huet) , Trailer
A young criminal hides out with a woman who can't decide whether or not she loves him. Plus read our exclusive interview with assistant director Pierre Rissient.
Full Review See: Interview with Pierre Rissient about Breathless
Hiroshima Mon Amour (Country: France, Japan; Year: 1959; Director: Alain Resnais; Writer: Marguerite Duras; Stars: Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson)
A French actress making an anti-war film embarks on an affair with a married man.
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Nouvelle Vague (New Wave) (Country: France; Year: 2025; Director: Richard Linklater; Writer: Holly Gent, Laetitia Masson, Vincent Palmo Jr, Michèle Pétin; Stars: Zoey Deutch, Alix Bénézech, Paolo Luka Noé, Nicolas Dozol, Guillaume Marbeck, Tom Novembre, Jade Phan-Gia, Aubry Dullin, Côme Thieulin, Blaise Pettebone, Adrien Rouyard, Matthieu Penchinat, Jodie Ruth-Forest, Roxane Rivière, Jean-Jacques Le Vessier)
This is the story of Godard making Breathless, told in the style and spirit in which Godard made Breathless.
Full Review See: Richard Linklater on chronicling the creation of Godard's Breathless
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