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Dominican Rep. Breathless
1,126
Mystery. Drama. Romance
A botched attempt to remake Jean-Luc Godard's classic nouvelle vague entry, Á Bout de souffle, Breathless follows Jesse (Richard Gere), a fugitive wanted for the murder of a police officer. In the course of his flight from the law, he hitches up with beautiful French college student Monica Poiccard (Valerie Kaprisky), and together the two attempt to escape to Mexico. From start to finish, Breathless places style over substance; the film ... [+]
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"'Breathless' has a lot of mindless drive, but it's also funny. It's full of knowing quotes from other movies and from literature (...) If anything, 'Breathless' looks too good for its own good. (...) The two principals are extremely effective." | POS |
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United States |
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"A very stylish and sexy film noir, a tale of obsessive love neatly balanced between exploitation movie and art film" | POS |
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United States |
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"A gaudy erotic showcase for a male stripper named Richard Gere" | NEG |
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United States |
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"a stylistic exercise without any genuine human concerns we can identify with - and yet, an exercise that does have a command of its style, is good-looking, fun to watch, and develops a certain morbid humor. Read full review (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)" | POS |
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United States |
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"A suitably jazzy, sexy, entertainment" | POS |
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