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A film by this director includes a close-up of a woman’s hand moving across the frame while closing a pair of scissors and ends with the protagonist painting his face blue and blowing himself up with dynamite. In another film by this director, the protagonist’s final word, which translates to “puke,” confuses his love interest. Several of this director’s films, such as Band of Outsiders and Alphaville, starred his first (20[1])wife Anna Karina. In a film by this man, a criminal hides in the (*) Parisian apartment of a woman who sells the New York Herald Tribune. That 1960 film by this director stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as the Humphrey Bogart–imitating criminal Michel. For 10 points, name this French New Wave director of Breathless. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

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