nouvelle vague

[noo-vel vag]

noun

French.

plural

nouvelles vagues 

1. a new wave, trend, movement, phase, etc., especially in an art form.

2. the films of a group of young French and Italian filmmakers, beginning in the late 1950s, who emphasized conscious manipulation of film techniques and psychological probing instead of plot.

Nouvelle Vague

/ nuvɛl vaɡ /

noun

1. films another term for New Wave 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of Nouvelle Vague¹

Literally, “new wave”