Most film buffs have seeb about Breathless, the first teaming of Jean Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg. I'm willing to bet not many know about this one, their second collaboration - I'd never heard of it. Belmondo is a gold smuggler working for Gert Frobe who travels around Europe with Seberg, smuggling.
It feels very sixties with its crisp black and white photography, jaunty jazz soundtrack, lots of shots of cars driving around various locations in Europe, groovy chicks in groovy outfits, double crossing criminals, one scene set in a fashion photography shoot, a plot involving gold and double crosses. This could be a 60s British film with Michael Caine.
Belmondo gives a relaxed star performance that doesn't demand a lot of him. Seberg is pretty. They have nice chemistry. There's plenty of movement, mainly in the form of cars driving around. But really this is a "whatever" movie.
Parts are reminiscent of Breathless - Belmondo and Seberg being crooks and falling in love, the pace. It's a lot more schmick and a lot less fun.
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