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"This is the story of Godard making 'Breathless,' told in the style and spirit of Godard making 'Breathless'."
A new teaser trailer for Richard Linklater’sNouvelle Vague (New Wave), which is premiering in the Cannes Film Festival competition on Saturday evening, shows off some of the cinematic style audiences can expect from the homage to Jean-Luc Godard’s 1959 New Wave classicA Bout de Souffle(Breathless).
The black-and-white movie, shot in the 4:3 aspect ratio, stars Guillaume Marbeck as Jean-Luc Godard, Zoey Deutch as Godard’s star Jean Seberg, and Aubry Dullin as Jean-Paul Belmondo.
“This is the story of Godard making Breathless, told in the style and spirit of Godard making Breathless,” reads a synopsis for the film. Austin impresarioLinklater shot his love letter to the French New Wave on location in Paris, explaining that his mission in making the film was “to show the absolute love of cineastes.”
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The screenplay is from Vince Palmo, Michèle Halberstadt, Laetitia Masson, and Holly Gent, while David Chambille was in charge of cinematography. Goodfellas is handling international sales on the project.
Crimedrama Breathless,written and directed byGodard, features Belmondoas a young criminal and Sebergas his American girlfriend. French and Swiss film legend Godard’s first feature-length movie became Belmondo’s breakthrough as an actor. Godard (1930-2022) began work as a film critic before becoming a screenwriter and director.
The trailer for Nouvelle Vague teases “a pretty boy, a pretty girl, Paris 1959” and also promises stars, money, adventure and more big names from the film world, among other things. Check out the new teaser, including how it highlights that this is “a film for the big screen, below.
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