Jean-Luc Godard's extremely entertaining ode to the American pulp novel. Sami Frey and Claude Brasseur convince Anna Karina to help them steal a stash of loot from her aunt's house. Or does she? Godard's most playful film has only an occasional straight narrative and is infused with a lot of funny episodes (from the trio passing notes while attending English class to the now famous Madison dance scene). Karina, 24 years-old but looking like a teenage school girl, is exceptional and she's very well paired with both Frey and Brasseur. The music by Michel Legrand is a big plus as is Raoul Coutard's striking B&W photography, capturing a bleak 1964 Parisian winter. The telling narration is by Godard himself. Based on the novel by the American author Dolores Hitchens.
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