Michel Poiccard is a brash, arrogant, violent male chauvinist, and minor criminal. He murders a motorcycle cop on his way back to Paris. He hangs out with his American journalism student girlfriend Patricia Franchini, and continues his violent petty crime wave as he looks to collect a debt. He becomes wanted for the cop killing.
This movie announces the arrival of a new voice and new vision in world cinema. The twenty-something director Jean-Luc Godard makes his theatrical debut. It's very French. It's indie. It's revolutionary. His jump cuts give it an edge although the cop killing scene is diminished by the edit. A more visceral action sequence could have elevated the tension and the thrills. They spend a little too much time in that tiny apartment. There is a real thrill in being in the streets of Paris. It's guerilla filmmaking. This is laying down a marker.
This movie announces the arrival of a new voice and new vision in world cinema. The twenty-something director Jean-Luc Godard makes his theatrical debut. It's very French. It's indie. It's revolutionary. His jump cuts give it an edge although the cop killing scene is diminished by the edit. A more visceral action sequence could have elevated the tension and the thrills. They spend a little too much time in that tiny apartment. There is a real thrill in being in the streets of Paris. It's guerilla filmmaking. This is laying down a marker.