Drama · Romance · Crime
French
1965 · Directed by Jean-Luc Godard · 110 min
A married man in Paris walks out on his comfortable life after a chance reunion with a former lover, and the two head south toward the sea with trouble close behind. Part love story, part crime movie, part essay in colour, it is playful, abrupt and openly in love with the cinema.
Why it matters in cinema history
A landmark of the French New Wave's mid-decade turn: Hollywood genre, modern art and political unrest pulled into one open, essay-like form that many later independent filmmakers treated as permission.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a film thinking aloud, where mood, colour and quotation matter as much as what the plot says happens next.
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