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Nouvelle Vague
Nouvelle Vague
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2025
1h 46m
7.2(243 votes)
Comedy
Drama
History

Overview

After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, young Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He gets Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, creating a treatment with Truffaut about a gangster couple.

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Cast & Crew

35 members
Acting

Guillaume Marbeck

Jean-Luc Godard

Guillaume Marbeck
Acting

Zoey Deutch

Jean Seberg

Zoey Deutch
Acting

Aubry Dullin

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Aubry Dullin
Acting

Adrien Rouyard

François Truffaut

Adrien Rouyard
Directing

Antoine Besson

Claude Chabrol

Antoine Besson
Acting

Jodie Ruth-Forest

Suzanne Schiffman

Jodie Ruth-Forest
Acting

Bruno Dreyfürst

Georges de Beauregard

Bruno Dreyfürst
Acting

Benjamin Cléry

Pierre Rissient

Benjamin Cléry
Acting

Matthieu Penchinat

Raoul Coutard

Matthieu Penchinat
Acting

Pauline Belle

Suzon Faye

Pauline Belle
Acting

Frank Cicurel

Raymond Cauchetier

Frank Cicurel
Acting

Blaise Pettebone

Marc Pierret

Blaise Pettebone
Directing

Benoît Bouthors

Claude Beausoleil

Benoît Bouthors
Acting

Paolo Luka Noé

François Moreuil

Paolo Luka Noé
Acting

Jade Phan-Gia

Phuong Maittret

Jade Phan-Gia
Acting

Jonas Marmy

Jacques Rivette

Jonas Marmy
Acting

Côme Thieulin

Éric Rohmer

Côme Thieulin
Acting

Alix Bénézech

Juliette Greco

Alix Bénézech
Acting

Léa Luce Busato

Liliane David

Léa Luce Busato
Acting

Tom Novembre

Jean-Pierre Melville

Tom Novembre
Acting

Laurent Mothe

Roberto Rossellini

Laurent Mothe
Acting

Aurélien Lorgnier

Robert Bresson

Aurélien Lorgnier
Acting

Lou Chrétien-Février

Madeleine Morgenstern

Lou Chrétien-Février
Acting

Jean-Jacques Le Vessier

Jean Cocteau

Jean-Jacques Le Vessier
Acting

Jeanne Arènes

Blanche Montel

Jeanne Arènes
Acting

Robinson Fyot

Assistant de Production Melville

No Image
Acting

Cosima Bevernaege

Françoise Arnoul

Cosima Bevernaege
Acting

Pierre-François Garel

Richard Balducci

Pierre-François Garel
Acting

Grégory Dupont

José Bénazeraf

No Image
Acting

Iliana Zabeth

Cécile Decugis

Iliana Zabeth
Acting

Pauline Scoupe-Fournier

Lila Herman

Pauline Scoupe-Fournier
Acting

Baptiste Roussillon

Daniel Boulanger

Baptiste Roussillon
Acting

Niko Ravel

Michel Fabre

Niko Ravel
Acting

Isis Fleischer

Evelyne

Isis Fleischer
Acting

Pierre Grenier

Un journaliste (uncredited)

Pierre Grenier

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