Breathless / A Bout De Souffle (1988R)

An original 1988 UK re-release Recorded Releasing Black and White Publicity Still #BS-16, unframed.

Jean-Paul Belmondo as Michel Poiccard, the petty crook and Bogart devotee on the run in Paris.

Michel opens the film by turning to the camera and telling the audience that if they don't like the sea, the mountains or the city, they can go hang themselves, a cheek that still startles. Look out too for Godard himself, in a cameo as the passer-by who recognises Michel's face in the newspaper and tips off the police. The typed caption on this press still spells the character Michael, a small slip from the 1988 UK re-release that makes it all the more of its moment.

• Year: 1960 (UK re-release 1988)
• Nationality: United Kingdom
• Type: Original Black and White Publicity Still, UK re-release
• Size: 8 x 10 inches
• Framed Size: 13 x 15 inches
• Condition: Unframed
• Product Code: T7398