Must See French Film -Bande à Part

Bande à Part is a 1964 film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It is 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." The film belongs to the French New Wave movement. Godard described it as "Alice in Wonderland meets Franz Kafka".

Odile (Anna Karina) meets would-be criminals Arthur (Claude Brasseur) and Franz (Sami Frey) in an English language class. At some point, she tells Franz that there is a large amount of d'argent stashed in the villa where she lives with her Aunt Victoria and a certain Mr. Stoltz in Joinville près de Paris; and Franz and Arthur persuade her to assist them in staging a robbery in her own maison.

Meanwhile, both Franz and Arthur try to seduce Odile, with Arthur being the more successful.

Malheureusement, Arthur's uncle somehow learns of their plot and wants to commit the robbery himself. This forces Franz, Arthur, and Odile to rush into the robbery faster than they would have liked. Moreover, by this temps, Mr. Stoltz has grown suspicious of Odile's behavior, has hidden his argent, and has changed the locks on all les portes. Shot in 25 days on a budget of $120,000, Band à part is a New Wave classic

To me the the scene I liked the most was the dance scene. The scene is one of Godard's simplest and most enjoyable moments of pure cinema (and was shot in one take). Uma Thurman’s dance in the 1950’s retro diner scene in Pulp Fiction is a direct homage to the dance scene in Band à part.

d'argent (dar zhahn) -some money près de Paris (preh deh pah ree) -near Paris

maison (may zhahn) -home malheureusement (mahl lure rooz eh mahn) -unfortunately

temps (tahmp) -time argent (ahr zahn) -money les portes (lay port) the doors