Nouvelle Vague
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Telluride at Dartmouth

Nouvelle Vague

September 21, 2025

This event occurred as part of the 25/26 Hop Film season. This is an archived view.

A playful and poignant love letter to cinema, Richard Linklater's new film reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard's 'Breathless', shot in the spirited style of the French New Wave classic.

NOUVELLE VAGUE, a film by Richard Linklater

 

Having spent several years writing for Cahiers du Cinéma, Godard (Guillaume Marbeck), not yet 30, declares, "The best way to criticize a film is to make one." So off he goes, to whip up a treatment with fellow New Waver François Truffaut (Adrien Rouyard) based on a news item about a gangster and his girlfriend. They cast amateur boxer Jean-Paul Belmondo (Aubry Dullin) and American starlet Jean Seberg (Zoey Deutch) as leads and leap into a chaotic and seemingly amateurish shoot. The capricious Godard then proceeded to ignore continuity, improvise left and right, and take extended breaks—ultimately winning over all involved (and audiences worldwide) with the bold clarity of his vision.

D: Richard Linklater, France, French w/ English subtitles, 2025,1h45m

Courtesy of Netflix

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