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Seen in black and white, a man in sunglasses sits on a bench, smoking.

Nouvelle Vague

  Richard Linklater  |  France

Nouvelle Vague is Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater’s love letter to the spellbinding magic of French cinema, reimagining the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s revolutionary Breathless, which ultimately cemented Godard as a pioneer of the French New Wave. As critic-turned-director Godard makes and breaks the rules, as a mix of fresh faces and daring talents—including Zoey Deutch as Jean Seberg, Aubry Dullin as Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Guillaume Marbeck as Godard himself—bring his spontaneous, electric film to life. Capturing the youthful dynamism and creative chaos at the heart of one of the world’s most beloved and influential movies, Nouvelle Vague transports us to the streets of 1959 Paris for an ode to the power of cinema to transform our lives.

Screening in 35mm.

 French 

 105 minutes

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Seen in black and white, a man and a woman walk down a city street while the man smokes.

Breathless (1960)

Sun, Oct 19 @ 12:00pm | Gene Siskel Film Center

Don’t miss a special screening of Jean-Luc Godard’s breakthrough film Breathless, which follows small-time crook Michel, who steals a car, murders a policeman, and then reconnects with old flame Patricia in Paris. Screening in 35mm.

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Film Credits

  •   Laurent Pétin, Michèle Pétin (Halberstadt)
  •   Holly Gent, Vincent Palmo Jr., Michèle Halberstadt, Laetitia Masson
  •   Catherine Schwartz
  •   David Chambille
  •   Zoey Deutch, Guillaume Marbeck, Aubry Dullin
  •   Emmanuel Montamat, John Sloss, Mike Blizzard
  •   ARP Productions in association with Detour Film production

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