I liked the part when they were smoking cigarettes
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After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, a young Jean-Luc Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He convinces producer Georges de Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, and creates a treatment with fellow New Wave filmmaker François Truffaut about a gangster couple. The result? Breathless, one of the first features of the Nouvelle Vague era of French cinema.
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i was so whatever about this going into it but it won me over almost immediately, that dick link CHARM. scratches that documentary now itch. love that the cannes audience reacted to each french new wave director appearance like it was a marvel movie. i’ll bite, i left inspired
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Common questions
What is Nouvelle Vague about?+
The film chronicles the behind-the-scenes creation of Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal 1960 debut, Breathless, capturing the youthful energy and artistic friction of the French New Wave movement.
Who directed Nouvelle Vague?+
Richard Linklater directed the 2025 film, a filmmaker renowned for his character-driven cinema and exploration of time, such as in the Before trilogy.
