

It was also Tarantino's favorite Godard film. In tribute, Quentin Tarantino named his film production company " A Band Apart". 79 in Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films of World Cinema" in 2010. For example, it was the only Godard film selected for Time 's "All-Time 100 movies". Its accessibility has endeared the film to a broader audience. Bande à part is often considered one of Godard's most accessible films Amy Taubin of the Village Voice called it "a Godard film for people who don't much care for Godard". Reception įilm critic Pauline Kael described Bande à part as "a reverie of a gangster movie" and "perhaps Godard's most delicately charming film". Godard described it as " Alice in Wonderland meets Franz Kafka". They flee to South America and realize that they love each other.īande à part was directed by Jean-Luc Godard and was filmed in 25 days.

Franz and Odile drive off with the small stack of money from the robbery. Stolz returns to the house, and Victoria is shown to be alive. Arthur and his uncle get into a shootout and kill each other. They then see that Arthur has found the rest of the money in a doghouse. While driving away, Franz and Odile see Arthur's uncle heading to the villa, and they go back. Franz and Odile leave, and Arthur stays behind. When they open the closet to interrogate Victoria, she appears to be dead. They search the house and find only a small amount of cash. Then, they go to Stolz's room and see that the money is not there anymore. They tie and gag Victoria, before locking her in a closet. Franz and Arthur return to the house the following night, and Odile tells them that the locks have been changed. That night, they go to Odile's house and find that the door to Stolz's room is locked. The three meet up and run through the Louvre in record time. Franz, Arthur, and Odile decide to commit the robbery sooner than they planned. The next day, Arthur's uncle learns of the money and wants a cut of it. Odile tells Arthur that she loves him, and the two go back to his place and spend the night together. She then meets Franz and Arthur, and they go to a café, order drinks, and dance. Odile goes home and finds the money in Stolz's room. Franz tells his friend Arthur ( Claude Brasseur) of the money, and the two make a plan to steal it.įranz and Arthur go to the English class, where Arthur flirts with Odile and asks her about the money. She has told him of a large pile of money stashed in the villa where she lives with her aunt Victoria and Mr. It received positive critical reviews, and its dance scene has been referenced several times in popular culture.Ī young woman named Odile ( Anna Karina) meets a man named Franz ( Sami Frey) in an English language class. The film is about three people who commit a robbery. It was released as Band of Outsiders in North America its French title derives from the phrase faire bande à part, which means "to do something apart from the group". Bande à part ( French pronunciation: ) is a 1964 French New Wave film directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
