Remembering Jean-Paul Belmondo

September 6, 2021 marked the passing of one of international cinema’s greatest leading men, Jean-Paul Belmondo. Beginning with Jean-Luc Godard’s New Wave classic Breathless that made him a superstar, Belmondo spent a few years as a go-to leading man for other, now-canonized New Wave movies and directors of the 1960s before switching to mainstream European entertainment in the 70s and 80s, in particular comedies and action vehicles like our second selection, The Hunter Will Get You (L’alpagueur), where the brave actor frequently performed his own hair-raising stunts. He returned in 1974 to work for another nouvelle vague legend, Alain Resnais, in the nostalgic con artist biopic Stavisky. 

Series Program

BREATHLESS (A BOUT DE SOUFFLE) Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Friday, February 4, 2022 – 7pm
France | 1960 | DCP | 89 min. | French with English subtitles
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Jean-Pierre Melville

THE HUNTER WILL GET YOU (L’ALPAGUEUR) Director: Philippe Labro
Saturday, March 13, 2022 – 7pm
France | 1976 | DCP | 101 min. | French with English subtitles
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bruno Cremer, Laura Antonelli

STAVISKY Director: Alain Resnais
Saturday, April 23, 2022 – 7pm
France | 1974 | DCP | 118 min. | French with English subtitles
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Gerard Depardieu