NOUVELLE VAGUE Trailer: Richard Linklater’s Tribute to the French New Wave Arrives This Fall
Richard Linklater has been killing it on the festival circuit this year! Following the Berlinale premiere of his Lorenz Hart biopic Blue Moon (arriving October 17), he headed to the Cannes Film Festival with his ambitious retelling of the making of one film that would change French cinema for years to come…
Nouvelle Vague centers on the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 film Breathless, shot in its original 35mm black-and-white by cinematographer David Chambille. It follows the director himself, played by newcomer Guillaume Marbeck, as he tries to make the film despite the challenges of the film industry at that period. It also stars Zoey Deutch as the film’s female lead Jean Seberg, Aubry Dullin as the male lead Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Bruno Dreyfürst as producer Georges de Beauregard. The script was originally penned by Holly Gent and Vincent Palmo, with Michèle Halberstadt and Laetitia Masson providing the French dialogue/adaptation.
Following its screenings at Telluride and TIFF, it will make its next stop at the 63rd NYFF in the Currents section. Ahead of its limited theatrical release on October 31, followed by a streaming launch on Netflix on November 14, the streamer has now unveiled the official U.S. trailer.
Here’s the official synopsis from NYFF:
The spirit of cinematic revolution is alive and well in Richard Linklater’s affectionate and wildly entertaining passion project, which transports the viewer back to a creative landmark: the 1959 making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless. Played with uncanny Proustian precision by the extraordinary Guillaume Marbeck, Godard desires to make his own mark as a filmmaker, envious of the big-screen success of his fellow Cahiers du cinéma critics François Truffaut and Claude Chabrol. Working from—if only gesturing to—Truffaut’s noir-inspired script treatment, Godard embarks on his runaway production on the streets of Paris, determined to make a work of intellectual honesty and moral integrity, while fending off the frustrations of producer Georges de Beauregard (Bruno Dreyfürst), playfully sparring with star Jean-Paul Belmondo (Aubry Dullin), and ignoring the bemused protestations of leading lady Jean Seberg (a winsome Zoey Deutch). Shot on film in black-and-white and edited with a restless elegance that echoes the Nouvelle Vague ethos that Breathless all but created, Linklater’s film is a buoyant expression of the importance of artistic freedom and ingenuity from one of contemporary American cinema’s true independent souls.
Watch the official U.S. trailer below.
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