Richard Linklater lit up the Cannes Film Festival Saturday evening with the world premiere of Nouvelle Vague, a placing, black-and-white homage to Jean-Luc Godard and the French New Wave. The movie obtained a 10-minute-plus standing ovation contained in the Palais des Festivals, with applause erupting earlier than the lights even got here up.
“Cinema is magic,” Linklater informed the group, visibly moved because the cheers lastly started to fade.
Nouvelle Vague dramatises the making of Breathless (À bout de souffle), the revolutionary 1960 movie that helped launch the French New Wave cinematic motion. Told in French and shot in 4:3 facet ratio on celluloid, the movie stars Guillaume Marbeck as Godard, Zoey Deutch as Jean Seberg, and Aubry Dullin as Jean-Paul Belmondo. Linklater’s path mimics the bounce cuts, spontaneity, and rebellious spirit of the New Wave itself.
The movie was stored underneath wraps forward of its premiere, with no advance screenings for critics. Linklater, whose work has constantly challenged movie conventions, needed audiences to expertise it recent, on the massive display screen, in France.
Adding to the evening’s electrical energy was a second between Linklater and fellow movie devotee Quentin Tarantino, who embraced the director within the theater earlier than the screening started, drawing cheers from the viewers.
Paris-based gross sales agent Goodfellas is now purchasing Nouvelle Vague to worldwide consumers, with curiosity already constructing after the electrical reception.
Published – May 18, 2025 11:35 am IST
