The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2025. It was 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.
Marbeck, Deutch and Linklater during the film's Cannes premiere
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.[12][13]
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.[14]
It was 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.[16]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 89% of 65 critics' reviews are positive. The website's critics consensus reads, "Seamlessly recreating one of cinema's most groundbreaking productions, Nouvelle Vague doesn't reinvent the medium the way its subjects did, but it pays tribute to their accomplishment with infectious admiration."[17]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 71 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[18]
Lee Marshall of ScreenDaily described the film as "a nostalgic tribute to a time and place of extraordinary creative ferment".[19]
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