Nouvelle Vague (upcoming film)

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Nouvelle Vague
Directed by Richard Linklater
Written by
  • Richard Linklater
  • Vince Palmo
  • Holly Gent
  • Michèle Halberstadt
  • Laetitia Masson
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDavid Chambille
Production
company
ARP Productions
Distributed byARP Sélection
Release date
  • 2025 (2025)(France) [1]
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Nouvelle Vague is an upcoming French film directed by Richard Linklater. It stars Zoey Deutch as Jean Seberg, and depicts the making of the Jean-Luc Godard film Breathless (1960).

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Linklater revealed his plans in October 2023 to shoot a film in France about the French New Wave movement. [7] [8] 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, [9] and concluded in April 2024. [10] The film received an avance sur recettes  [ fr ] (advance on receipts) grant of France's Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC). [11] [12]

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