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

Powell’s mom gushed at Deutch, saying Powell told her about Deutch’s film, “Nouvelle Vague.”

From Los Angeles Times

Motion picture — musical or comedy “One Battle After Another” “No Other Choice” “Marty Supreme” “Blue Moon” “Bugonia” “Nouvelle Vague”

From Los Angeles Times

Motion picture – Musical or comedy “One Battle After Another” “No Other Choice” “Marty Supreme” “Blue Moon” “Bugonia” “Nouvelle Vague”

From Los Angeles Times

Alongside Anderson’s film were Josh Safdie’s frenetic ping-pong dramedy “Marty Supreme,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest curveball “Bugonia,” Park Chan-wook’s South Korean satire “No Other Choice” and two films directed by Richard Linklater — the cinephile homage “Nouvelle Vague” and the quietly old-fashioned character study “Blue Moon” starring Ethan Hawke.

From Los Angeles Times

The year’s finest films include looks at the lives of creators—Lorenz Hart in ‘Blue Moon,’ Jean-Luc Godard in ‘Nouvelle Vague’ and a fictional movie star in ‘Jay Kelly’—and harrowing visions of war and catastrophe.

From The Wall Street Journal