{"product_id":"breathless-勝手にしやがれ-a-bout-de-souffle-original-japanese-re-release-movie-poster-1987-b2-size-51-73-cm-za240-g-copy","title":"“Breathless” \/ “À bout de souffle” \/ 「勝手にしやがれ」, Original Japanese Re-Release Movie Poster 1993, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) F283","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"127\" data-end=\"409\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"138\" data-end=\"191\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical re-release poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed for the \u003cstrong data-start=\"208\" data-end=\"241\"\u003e1993 Japanese revival release\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cstrong data-start=\"245\" data-end=\"259\"\u003eBreathless\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ \u003cstrong data-start=\"262\" data-end=\"283\"\u003eÀ bout de souffle\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ 「勝手にしやがれ」, Jean-Luc Godard’s revolutionary French New Wave masterpiece starring \u003cstrong data-start=\"366\" data-end=\"388\"\u003eJean-Paul Belmondo\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"393\" data-end=\"408\"\u003eJean Seberg\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"411\" data-end=\"653\"\u003eOriginally released in \u003cstrong data-start=\"434\" data-end=\"442\"\u003e1960\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"444\" data-end=\"458\"\u003eBreathless\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of the defining works of modern cinema. 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