Bande à part
Bande à part is a 1964 French New Wave film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It was released as Band of Outsiders in North America; its French title derives from the phrase faire bande à part, which means "to do something apart from the group". The film is about three people who commit a robbery. It received positive critical reviews, and its dance scene has been referenced several times in popular culture.
Plot
A young woman named Odile (Anna Karina) meets a man named Franz (Sami Frey) in an English language class. She has told him of a large pile of money stashed in the villa where she lives with her aunt Victoria and Mr. Stolz in Joinville, a Parisian suburb. Franz tells his friend Arthur (Claude Brasseur) of the money, and the two make a plan to steal it.
More details
author | Jean-Luc Godard |
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contentLocation | Paris |
director | Jean-Luc Godard |
editor | Agnès Guillemot |
genre | crime drama |
keywords | drive english class joinville joinville-le-pont lock louvre south america than the young woman |
musicBy | Jean Ferrat Michel Legrand |
productionCompany | Anouchka Films Orsay Films |
publisher | Columbia Pictures |
theme | heist |