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Nouvelle Vague

Nouvelle Vague

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Nouvelle Vague

"Everyone loves the new wave."

2025

1h 46m

7.2(261 votes)

Comedy

Drama

History

Overview

After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, young Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He gets Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, creating a treatment with Truffaut about a gangster couple.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Guillaume Marbeck

Guillaume Marbeck

Jean-Luc Godard

Zoey Deutch

Zoey Deutch

Jean Seberg

Aubry Dullin

Aubry Dullin

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Adrien Rouyard

Adrien Rouyard

François Truffaut

Antoine Besson

Antoine Besson

Claude Chabrol

Jodie Ruth-Forest

Jodie Ruth-Forest

Suzanne Schiffman

Bruno Dreyfürst

Bruno Dreyfürst

Georges de Beauregard

Benjamin Cléry

Benjamin Cléry

Pierre Rissient

Matthieu Penchinat

Matthieu Penchinat

Raoul Coutard

Pauline Belle

Pauline Belle

Suzon Faye

Creative team

Directed by: Richard Linklater
Written by: Vincent Palmo Jr.
Holly Gent
Produced by: Laurent Pétin
Michèle Pétin

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