Between love, betrayal and wandering, this film mixes formal freedom and existential disillusionment.
Crime drama by Jean-Luc Godard starring Jean Seberg, Jan-Paul Belmondo, and Daniel Boulanger. France. 1h30 (1960)
Marseille, a Tuesday morning. Michel Poiccard steals a U.S. Army car and takes the main road toward Paris. Irritated by a 2CV that doesn't dare overtake a truck, Michel overtakes on a bend and is chased by a motorcyclist. Panicked, he shoots the policeman dead and flees. The next day, upon arriving in Paris, Michel meets a young American student, Patricia, with whom he has an open romantic relationship. She wants to become a journalist and, to finance her studies at the Sorbonne, sells the New York Herald Tribune on the Champs-Élysées...
A screening hosted by Félicien Hachebé of Boires et déboires d'un cinéphile and SuperSeven.
Marseille, a Tuesday morning. Michel Poiccard steals a U.S. Army car and takes the main road toward Paris. Irritated by a 2CV that doesn't dare overtake a truck, Michel overtakes on a bend and is chased by a motorcyclist. Panicked, he shoots the policeman dead and flees. The next day, upon arriving in Paris, Michel meets a young American student, Patricia, with whom he has an open romantic relationship. She wants to become a journalist and, to finance her studies at the Sorbonne, sells the New York Herald Tribune on the Champs-Élysées...
A screening hosted by Félicien Hachebé of Boires et déboires d'un cinéphile and SuperSeven.
