A Bout de Souffle was shot (apart from the opening scene of petty crook Michel Poiccard (Jean-Paul Belmondo) hotwiring a car in the Vieux Port of Marseille) on location on the streets of Paris.
![Métro George V [1] is one of Filming Locations: À bout de souffle.](https://fastly.4sqi.net/img/general/699x268/585876360_58DCWTmy7oQhQPDZUZ-1uCkLpHqUInCJdCRbOyweYlw.jpg)
The entrances to the George V Métro station itself are where Michel gives the slip to the detectives.
Before striking poses in front of Humphrey Bogart stills in a movie house lobby. The much-modernised cinema is the Cinema Normandie, 116 bis Champs Elysées, next to the Lido de Paris.
Patricia interviews novelist M. Parvulesco on the terrace of the Paris-Orly airport.
Michel and Patricia take off for St-Germain in a stolen car, taking time to admire the sparkling lights of Place de la Concorde en route.
Of the two bars used as backdrop to the scene, The Kosmos, which stood at 101 boulevard Montparnasse, has closed, but Le Select, 99 boulevard Montparnasse, is still packing them in.
As is La Rotonde, which the couple drive past on the way to the haven of Zumbach’s girlfriend’s place.
![Métro Raspail [4,6] is one of Filming Locations: À bout de souffle.](https://fastly.4sqi.net/img/general/699x268/81836665_nQELW2wt1C0ECiQMDOQO09UodIaijjbvtftcZhSQ-BE.jpg)
