Le Petit Soldat (1963)

Set in Switzerland during the French Algerian war, a deserter (Michel Subor) from the French army works for a French terrorist organization although he isn't particularly political. When he refuses his latest assignment, an assassination, the terrorist organization frames him for a hit and run. Written and directed by Jean Luc Godard. This film was Godard's follow up to his breakthrough film BREATHLESS (1960) but due to government censorship, it wasn't released until three years later (I assume because of the Algeria subject matter). So although it's his second film, it's his fourth released film. It's also the first film he made with Anna Karina, an inexperienced actress at the time cast but Godard saw her potential and she was a great camera subject. The movie is about ideals and Subor's cynical terrorist has none. His last line, "I had no choice but to learn not to be bitter. I was just glad I still had so much time ahead of me" only cements his character's chilly cynicism. With Henri Jacques Huet and Paul Beauvais.