Bande ?? part

The great hipster film of the French new wave, Bande a part (The Outsiders) is Jean-Luc Godard's classic take on the American pulp crime movie. Namesake for Quentin Tarantino's production company (Bande a part inspired the famous dance sequence in Pulp Fiction), the film, told with detached gallic cool, pioneered daring cinematic devices that revolutionised filmmaking.

A simple story of two young delinquents, Franz and Arthur, who befriend a beautiful girl, Odile (Anna Karina - Godard's then wife), and conspire to commit a robbery, Bande a part is best remembered for its quirky set pieces: the celebrated mad dash through the Louvre; Arthur and Franz feverously reading crime-scenes from a daily tabloid; the re-enactment of the Billy the Kid shoot-out. And, of course, the heralded scene where the young Parisian pranksters dance the Madison in a half-empty cafe.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard

Starring: Chantal Darget,Louisa Colpeyn,Claude Brasseur,Anna Karina,Sami Frey