Band of Outsiders

1964 • 1h 37m •

Crime Drama Comedy

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★ 7.5/10

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Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days mimicking the antiheroes of Hollywood noirs and Westerns while pursuing the lovely Odile. The misfit trio upends convention at every turn, be it through choreographed dances in cafés or frolicsome romps through the Louvre. Eventually, their romantic view of outlaws pushes them to plan their own heist, but their inexperience may send them out in a blaze of glory -- which could be just what they want.

"A Who-Dunit, Who's Got-It, Where-Is-It-Now Wild One From That "Breathless" director Jean-Luc Godard!"

Top Billed Cast

Anna Karina

Odile

Claude Brasseur

Arthur

Sami Frey

Franz

Danièle Girard

English Teacher

Louisa Colpeyn

Madame Victoria

Chantal Darget

Arthur's Aunt

Georges Staquet

Legionary

Ernest Menzer

Arthur's Uncle

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2018-07-31

Jean-Luc Godard's 1964 film <i>Bandè a part</i> (sometimes titled "Band of Outsiders") is an adaptation of a American crime novel that transcends its pulp origins through Godard's cinematic invention. The young lady Odile (Anna Karina), who isn't very bright, meets lowlife Franz (Sami Frey) in an English course and makes the mistake of telling him that the home in which she lives with her aunt holds a large amount of cash. Franz and fellow criminal Arthur (Claude Brasseur) plan a heist while at the same time vying for Odile's love, or at least her body. As is common in the French New Wave, th...