We Were Here
Synopsis
“All you need is a girl and a gun.”
—Jean-Luc Godard.
Paris, Film Noir, Sex, and Cool have never been more beautifully evoked than in these 90 ninety minutes which shook the world. Godard’s first feature film, written by Francois Truffaut (with Claude Chabrol as technical advisor), the harbinger of the French New Wave, was both a jazz-like improvisation on American crime thrillers (it’s dedicated to Monogram Pictures)…and a revolution.
Featuring now-legendary performances from Jean-Paul Belmondo as the Bogart-inspired small-time hood living on the edge, and Jean Seberg as la petite americaine who casually sleeps with him and just as casually betrays him. In honor of the 50th anniversary of Breathless, Rialto Pictures is presenting a stunning new 35mm restoration—the first ever in the film’s history.
(In French with English subtitles.)
