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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nThe film Nouvelle Vague<\/em>, which received nearly seven minutes of applause at Cannes, marks Linklater\u2019s first project in the French language.<\/p>\nIt tells the story of the making of the legendary French New Wave film Breathless<\/em> (\u00c0 bout de souffle<\/em>). Guillaume Marbeck portrays the iconic French director Jean-Luc Godard, Zoey Deutch plays the lead female role as Jean Seberg, and Aubry Dullin takes on the part of Jean-Paul Belmondo. The actors are not only strikingly similar to their legendary counterparts\u2014they also exude a natural charisma, improvising, joking, and flirting with one another. This playful, lively interaction breathes life into the technically precise film and evokes the atmosphere of the 66-year-old original, which still feels fresh today.<\/p>\nAmerican director Linklater has repeatedly emphasized that Godard is one of his greatest artistic inspirations, making Nouvelle Vague<\/em> a deeply personal and passion-driven project for him.<\/p>\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a love letter to French cinema, to the writers of Cahiers du Cin\u00e9ma<\/em>, and to the revolutionary New Wave of the 1960s.\u201d<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\nLinklater\u2019s film feels as though it was made specifically for the Cannes Film Festival\u2014it even includes several inside jokes about Cannes that drew gentle smiles from audiences during screenings. Though light and playful in tone, the film is masterfully crafted\u2014from the incredibly accurate casting (…) to the energetic, jazzy soundtrack, writes Ben Croll in The Wrap<\/em>. Nouvelle Vague<\/em> is not only a love letter to the French New Wave; it also subtly showcases the technical prowess of a director not typically regarded as a virtuoso.<\/p>\nThough romantically playful, Nouvelle Vague<\/em> often pulses with tension. American star Jean Seberg struggles to understand the new director\u2019s improvisational methods, while the film\u2019s producer is frustrated that filming lasts only an hour a day\u2014sometimes not at all. Godard, it turns out, is a true devotee of \u201cstillness\u201d: he happily smokes, drinks, strolls around, or plays pinball, waiting for reality to reveal itself. As he tells Seberg when she asks for clarity:<\/p>\n\n\u201cI know. I understand. And I don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n
This tension between director and crew forms the film\u2019s main dramatic thread, though the film itself never becomes too intense. Even if you don\u2019t know how Breathless<\/em> ends, the mere fact that a prestigious biopic is being made about it 60 years later\u2014and premiering at Cannes\u2014should hint at its success. Instead, Nouvelle Vague<\/em> delights in the act of pausing\u2014watching the chemistry bloom between Seberg and Belmondo, while the director slowly finds his voice.<\/p>\n\n\u201cIf they never let you direct again, you\u2019ll make a great dolly grip,\u201d jokes the cameraman.<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The Nouvelle Vague<\/em> premiere was full of energy from the very beginning. Director Richard Linklater and actress Zoey Deutch sang and danced on the red carpet as they ascended the iconic steps.<\/p>\n
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