Editing Jean Seberg (section)

===''Breathless'' and French career===
During the filming of ''Bonjour Tristesse'', Seberg met François Moreuil, the man who was to become her first husband, and she then based herself in France, finally achieving success as the [[free-love]] heroine of [[French New Wave]] films.<ref name="sinner"/>

She appeared as the female lead in [[Jean-Luc Godard]]'s ''[[Breathless (1960 film)|Breathless]]'' (French title: ''À bout de souffle'', 1960) as Patricia, co-starring with [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]]. The film became an international success and critics praised Seberg's performance; film critic and director [[François Truffaut]] even hailed her as "the best actress in Europe."<ref name="tragedy">Charles Champlin. "Jean Seberg: A Hollywood tragedy", ''[[The Modesto Bee]]'', September 16, 1979, pg. F6</ref> Despite her achievements, Seberg did not identify with her characters or the film plots, saying that she was "making films in France about people [I'm] not really interested in."<ref name="sinner"/> Back in the U.S., she made another film for Columbia, the crime drama ''[[Let No Man Write My Epitaph]]'' (1960).

In France, after appearing in ''[[Time Out for Love]]'' (''[[:fr:Les Grandes Personnes (film, 1961)|Les grandes personnes]]'', 1961), Seberg took the lead role in Moreuil's directorial debut, ''[[Love Play]]'' (''[[:fr:La Récréation (film, 1961)|La Recréation]]'', also 1961). By that time, Seberg had become estranged from Moreuil, and she recollected that production was "pure hell" and that he "would scream at [her]."<ref name="sinner"/> She followed with ''[[Five Day Lover]]'' (''[[:fr:L'Amant de cinq jours|L'amant de cinq jours]]'', 1962), ''[[Congo vivo]]'' (1962) and ''[[In the French Style]]'' (1963), a French-American film featuring [[Stanley Baker]] released through Columbia. She also appeared in the anthology film ''[[The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers]]'' (''Les plus belles escroqueries du monde'', 1963) and ''[[Backfire (1964 film)|Backfire]]'' (''[[:fr:Échappement libre|Échappement libre]]'', 1964), which reunited her with [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]].

Seberg starred with [[Warren Beatty]] in the American film ''[[Lilith (film)|Lilith]]'' (1964) for Columbia, which prompted the critics to acknowledge Seberg as a serious actress.<ref name="tragedy"/> She returned to France to make romantic crime drama ''[[Diamonds Are Brittle]]'' (''[[:fr:Un milliard dans un billard|Un milliard dans un billard]]'', 1965).