Bande à part

A beautiful young woman (the famous actress Anna Karina) meets two young men who convince her to help them rob her aunt.  A surreal version of a Hollywood gangster movie set in 1960's Paris, Bande å Part contains wonderful dance scenes, whimsical and tighter thematic and visual construction, and a pervasive, faintly romantic feeling that is unlike the rest of Godard's work. There is a great, memorable moment where, just before committing the crim... More

Initial release date:

  • Aug 5, 1964

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 1 h 35 min

Screenplay by:

Also known as:

  • Band of Outsiders,
  • Bande a part,
  • Bande à Part

Film

Directed by

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃lyk ɡɔdaʁ]; born 3 December 1930) is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement La Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave". Like his New Wave contemporaries, Godard criticized mainstream...

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Release date(s):

Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1964
  • Jan 7, 2003
  • Mar 15, 1966
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Music by:

Runtime:

Runtime Film release region
  • 1 h 35 min
  • 1 h 37 min
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Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 120,000
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List Rank
  • 79

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  • 79
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