Band of Outsiders [Bande à Part]

Jean-Luc Godard (director)
Anna Karina, Daniele Girard, Louisa Colpeyn (starring)
Dolores Hitchens (novel, screenwriter)

N.p. N.p., Circa 1964. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1964 French film, showing Pierre Brasseur and Anna Karina reading a newspaper together. Stamp specific to the French release of the film on the verso.

Based on Dolores Hitchens' 1958 novel "Fools' Gold." A young woman convinces two men to help her steal a large stash of money from her aunt. An outrageous and comical crime film and a classic of French New Wave cinema, later described by Godard as "'Alice in Wonderland' meets Franz Kafka."

Shot on location in Paris.

9.5 x 7.25 inches, with wide bottom margin. Near Fine.

BFI 549. Criterion Collection 174. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. Spicer France.


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