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Band of Outsiders (1964) | User Rating
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Original title: Bande à part
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jan 7, 2003
Budget $120,000
Running Time
1 hour, 37 minutes
Country France
Studio Amouchka Films, Orsay Productions
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Band of Outsiders
• The Outsiders (1964)
• Die Außenseiterbande (1965)
• Gang of Outsiders
• Outsiders
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thieves, Farce, Experimental, Love Triangle
Plot: French New Wave master Jean-Luc Godard continues his fascination with dime store novels and American crime films with 1964's BAND OF OUTSIDERS, a free-spirited romp in the same vein as the director's breakthrough smash, BREATHLESS. More traditional than BREATHLESS in its technical execution, BAND OF OUTSIDERS sparkles with freshness and originality--it uses comical, poetic narration by Godard himself, and has a bouncy musical score by Michel Legrand. The performances from Claude Brasseur, Sami Frey, and especially Anna Karina combine satirical melodrama, overflowing hipness, and moving sincerity, giving the film plenty of heart. An irreplaceable contribution to 1960s film, this movie is much more than a mere genre reworking.The story follows two friends, Arthur (Brasseur) and Franz (Frey), who are searching for a way to make a big score. When Franz meets the beautiful Odile (Karina) and she informs him of a large chunk of cash her aunt keeps hidden in her house, the duo are convinced that this is their lucky break. Odile is a sensitive young woman who, out of fear and guilt, opposes their plan, but Arthur and Franz coax her to go along with the idea. When the time comes to pull off the heist, a miscalculation delays the seemingly perfect plan, resulting in a confrontation that
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Jean-Luc Godard
Alphaville, a Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution, Pierrot Goes Wild, Week End |
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Anna Karina
The Truth About Charlie, Alphaville, a Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution, Pierrot Goes Wild | | | | | Sami Frey
Black Widow, Cléo de 5 à 7, D'Artagnan's Daughter | | |
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