Nouvelle Vague
A Love Letter to the Miracle of Cinema
Linkletter perfectly captures the "jazz-like" spontaneity of filmmaking.
Nouvelle Vague is a bit of a movie miracle. It's a great movie about an even greater film. One of the first challenges for the film is how does one make an entertaining movie about the hippest, coolest, and arguably one of the most groundbreaking cinematic films in history? It almost impossible to pull off.
The Linkletter Touch
Director Richard Linkletter chooses to present the film in the same way as Breathless was presented: with the same aspect ratio, black and white, and the same breezy, fly-by-your-seat flair as the original film. The movie is also imbued with a sense of fun and camaraderie that artists experience when in the trenches of a challenging project.
The film has style as well as substance, featuring loving recreations of iconic moments. It's a triumph, especially considering the plethora of bland, paint-by-numbers biopics lately.
👀 Where to Watch
Nouvelle Vague (2025): Now available to stream globally on Netflix.
The Performances
- Zoey Deutch: Excellently captures the charm of American star Jean Seberg as she navigates the challenges of a frustratingly loose shoot.
- Aubry Dullin: Does an uncanny job of capturing the free-wheelin', effortlessly cool Jean-Paul Belmondo.
- Guillaume Marbeck: Does a great job playing the moody Jean-Luc Godard without slipping into pretension.
✅ Pros
- Stunning recreation of the French New Wave aesthetic.
- Magnetic performances from the lead trio.
❌ Cons
- Heavily dialogue-driven; requires focus on subtitles.
The film is a love letter to art and cinema. It will have the viewer wanting to watch Breathless immediately after—which is a true gift to audiences. Watch both Breathless and Nouvelle Vague, perhaps in that order. They are both great films for movie lovers.
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