Paris, late 1950s: Jean-Luc Godard, 28, is the only one in his circle of friends who hasn't yet made his own film. With a quirky crew, an American movie star, and very little money, he finally manages—under adventurous circumstances—to create "Breathless", a masterpiece that will go down in film history and change cinema forever.
Background
Richard Linklater's tribute to the French film revolution: Shot in stylish black-and-white, the film chronicles the making of Jean-Luc Godard's cult classic "Breathless" and the birth of the Nouvelle Vague.