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”

Example Sentences

Movies that played even earlier in the year at festivals such as Sundance, Berlin or Cannes are also featured in the lineup: Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value,” Mary Bronstein’s “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” Rebecca Zlotowski’s “A Private Life,” Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winning “It Was Just an Accident” and Richard Linklater’s “Blue Moon” and “Nouvelle Vague” will all be at TIFF.

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Also in the mix are a number of films coming from Cannes and Venice: Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia,” Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly,” Kelly Reichardt’s “The Mastermind” and Richard Linklater with a double bill, “Blue Moon” and “Nouvelle Vague,” proof that Telluride remains a haven for auteurs.

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Which fits in well with the movie-mad world of Godard and the community of French New Wave filmmakers in “Nouvelle Vague.”

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The re-creation in “Nouvelle Vague” of one of the most famous scenes from “Breathless,” — Jean-Paul Belmondo and Seberg sharing a flirtatious stroll down the Champs-Élysées — required Deutch to exhaustively match the onscreen movements of Seberg as Patricia while also speaking as Seberg, since the film had its dialogue recorded later, essentially playing two characters at the same time.

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The production of “Nouvelle Vague” had access to voluminous information on the production of “Breathless,” from many books and documentaries to the paperwork of the original shoot itself.

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