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05/08/1964 Crime, Drama, Comedy 1h 37m
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A Who-Dunit, Who's Got-It, Where-Is-It-Now Wild One From That "Breathless" director Jean-Luc Godard!

Overview

Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days mimicking the antiheroes of Hollywood noirs and Westerns while pursuing the lovely Odile. The misfit trio upends convention at every turn, be it through choreographed dances in cafés or frolicsome romps through the Louvre. Eventually, their romantic view of outlaws pushes them to plan their own heist, but their inexperience may send them out in a blaze of glory -- which could be just what they want.

  1. Jean-Luc Godard

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Anna Karina

    Odile

  2. Claude Brasseur

    Arthur

  3. Sami Frey

    Franz

  4. Danièle Girard

    English Teacher

  5. Louisa Colpeyn

    Madame Victoria

  6. Chantal Darget

    Arthur's Aunt

  7. Georges Staquet

    Legionary

  8. Ernest Menzer

    Arthur's Uncle

  9. Jean-Claude Rémoleux

    The Alcoholic Student

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Reviews

A review by CRCulver
Written by CRCulver on 2018-07-31
Jean-Luc Godard's 1964 film Bandè a part (sometimes titled "Band of Outsiders") is an adaptation of a American crime novel that transcends its pulp origins through Godard's cinematic invention. The young lady Odile (Anna Karina), who isn't very bright, meets lowlife Franz (Sami Frey) in an English course and makes the mistake of telling him that the home in which she lives with her aunt holds a large amount of cash. Franz and fellow criminal Arthur (Claude Brasseur) plan a heist while at the same time vying for Odile's love, or at least her body. As is common in the French New Wave, th...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$120,000.00

Revenue
$182,857.00

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