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

In one corner of the ballroom, you might find filmmakers Richard Linklater, Noah Baumbach and Joachim Trier engaged in a debate over who is better, Jean-Luc Godard or Francois Truffaut, a French New Wave throwdown inspired by Linklater’s sly homage “Nouvelle Vague.”

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Then at the end, you see him in sunglasses looking at what he has achieved,” says Chambille, who shot “Nouvelle Vague” in black and white as an homage to the original.

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“It’s a very tough business on women, and it takes so much time and experience to learn how to navigate these waters,” says “Nouvelle Vague” star Zoey Deutch.

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She stars in the films “Nouvelle Vague,” coming to Netflix on Nov. 14, and the dystopian thriller “Anniversary.”

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“Anniversary” and “Nouvelle Vague”? In the former, I play Cynthia, an environmental lawyer at a family gathering.

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