Breathless (1960)

Breathless (1960)

Breathless (À bout de souffle) is a 1960 film directed and written by Jean-Luc Godard which was part of the French New Wave (along with such films as Truffaut's The 400 Blows and Resnais' Hiroshima Mon Amour). The film is notable for it's spontaneous filmmaking style, such as innovative use of jump cuts, tracking shots, as well as using natural lighting and writing the lines for the day's filming that morning. Godard also gave the actors the lines during filming, and rarely rehearsed with them for a naturally spontaneous quality.

Handguns

Mle 1892 Revolver

A Mle 1892 Revolver is the sidearm of Michel Poiccard (Jean-Paul Belmondo), and uses it notably to shoot a police officer after he had stolen a car.

Modele d’Ordonnance 1892 - 8 x 27mm SR

Michel takes his revolver out of the glovebox and pretends to fire at other cars

MAB Model D

At the end of the film, Michel's friend tries to hand him a MAB Model D when the police arrive.

MAB Model D - .32 ACP

Michel hands the pistol back

FN Model 1910

The police officer at the end of the film fires an FN Model 1910 at Michel.

FN Model 1910 - .380 ACP

Sub-Machine Guns

Sten Mk II

A police officer in the finale briefly holds a Sten Mk II.

Sten Mk. II - 9x19mm