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Directed by | Richard Linklater |
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Cinematography | David Chambille |
Edited by | Catherine Schwartz |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
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Nouvelle Vague is a 2025 comedy-drama film directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Guillaume Marbeck as Jean-Luc Godard, Zoey Deutch as Jean Seberg, and Aubry Dullin as Jean-Paul Belmondo, it follows the shooting of Breathless , one of the first feature films of the Nouvelle Vague era of French cinema, in 1959.
The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2025. It will be theatrically released in France by ARP Sélection on 8 October 2025, and later will be released in select theaters in the United States on 31 October 2025, before streaming on Netflix on 14 November.
Linklater revealed his plans in October 2023 to shoot a film in France about the French New Wave movement. [6] [7] The film is Linklater's first project shot entirely in French. It is reported to be shot in black and white and in 4:3 aspect ratio. [3] Filming began in Paris on 4 March 2024, and concluded in April 2024. [8] The film received an avance sur recettes (advance on receipts) grant of France's Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC). [9] [10]
In April 2025, Nouvelle Vague was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 17 May 2025 and received a 11-minute standing ovation. [11] [12]
Following its Cannes premiere, Netflix bought U.S. distribution rights for $4 million after a heated bidding war; this sum is believed to be the second highest ever paid for a domestic deal for a foreign language film only behind Emilia Pérez , also purchased at Cannes by Netflix. While release plans were not disclosed, the film is expected to be in theaters for only two weeks in an awards-qualifying run before streaming on Netflix. [13]
It will be theatrically released in France by ARP Sélection on 8 October 2025. In the United States, it will be released in select theaters on 31 October 2025, before streaming on Netflix on 14 November. [14]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 86% of 44 critics' reviews are positive. [15] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 71 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [16]
Lee Marshall of ScreenDaily described the film as "a nostalgic tribute to a time and place of extraordinary creative ferment". [17]
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Cannes Film Festival | 24 May 2025 | Palme d'Or | Richard Linklater | Nominated | [18] |