nouvelle vague

American  

[noo-vel vag] / nu vɛl ˈvag /

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.

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Nouvelle Vague British  

/ nuvɛl vaɡ /

noun

1. films another term for New Wave 1

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Etymology

Origin of nouvelle vague

Literally, “new wave”

Example Sentences

The film was based on an idea by François Truffaut, another icon of the nouvelle vague, and began shooting in Paris without a script.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2021

The double bill was an immersion in the black-and-white, Gauloise-enriched universe of nouvelle vague Paris, and exiting the theater onto Bleecker Street became a disorienting extension of the movies, a demonstration of the medium’s power.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2016

In this case, it was mental images of these two great iconic figures of the French nouvelle vague as the younger, more vigorous and physically beautiful figures they once were.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2012

He works under the name Pablo Nouvelle, out of a love of the French cinematic nouvelle vague of the late 1950s and early 1960s.

From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2012

Indians incorporated the new pigments into their traditions, expanding them and in the process creating an aesthetic nouvelle vague.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann