After his character, "Poiccard/Kovacs," steals a car, kills a police officer, and finds himself seeking shelter with a journalism student named "Patricia" (Jean Seberg), Jean-Paul Belmondo is often seen in just his boxers throughout the film. Patricia doesn't fully grasp the severity of the situation he’s in when he begins trying to persuade her that money is on its way and they should relocate to Italy. The police a…

Considered a landmark work of the late Fifties and early Sixties French New Wave, *À bout de souffle* (Breathless) begins with the charmingly reckless Michel Poiccard (Jean-Paul Belmondo) taking a car without permission. While speeding toward Paris to evade capture, he fatally shoots a police officer. Hoping to get money he’s owed and flee to Italy, he seeks refuge with Patricia (Jean Seberg), an American woman he br…