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Nouvelle vague

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  • 1h 29m
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Nouvelle vague (1990)
  • Drama
Composed entirely by literary quotations from many different sources and from several historical periods, Godard's film works as an allegory on film. The loose narrative tells about a drifte... Read allComposed entirely by literary quotations from many different sources and from several historical periods, Godard's film works as an allegory on film. The loose narrative tells about a drifter found by a rich woman who soon falls in love with him. A drowning accident takes place a... Read allComposed entirely by literary quotations from many different sources and from several historical periods, Godard's film works as an allegory on film. The loose narrative tells about a drifter found by a rich woman who soon falls in love with him. A drowning accident takes place and the drifter dies but some time later, he reappears in the woman's life looking for a jo... Read all
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  • Director
    • Jean-Luc Godard(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Jacques Audiberti(novel "Monorail")
    • Jean-Luc Godard(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Alain Delon
    • Domiziana Giordano
    • Jacques Dacqmine
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  • Director
    • Jean-Luc Godard(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Jacques Audiberti(novel "Monorail")
    • Jean-Luc Godard(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Alain Delon
    • Domiziana Giordano
    • Jacques Dacqmine
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    • 9User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 4 nominations

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    Domiziana Giordano in Nouvelle vague (1990)
    Alain Delon and Domiziana Giordano in Nouvelle vague (1990)
    Nouvelle vague (1990)
    Alain Delon in Nouvelle vague (1990)
    Alain Delon and Domiziana Giordano in Nouvelle vague (1990)

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    Alain Delon
    Alain Delon
    • Luias Lui…
    Domiziana Giordano
    Domiziana Giordano
    • Elle: Elena Torlato-Favrinias Elle: Elena Torlato-Favrini
    Jacques Dacqmine
    Jacques Dacqmine
    • Le PDGas Le PDG
    Christophe Odent
    Christophe Odent
    • Raoul Dorfman, l'avocatas Raoul Dorfman, l'avocat
    Roland Amstutz
    Roland Amstutz
    • Jules, le jardinieras Jules, le jardinier
    Cécile Reigher
    • La serveuseas La serveuse
    • (as Cecile Reigher)
    Laurence Côte
    • Cécile, la gouvernanteas Cécile, la gouvernante
    • (as Laurence Cote)
    Joseph Lisbona
    • Le docteuras Le docteur
    Véronique Müller
    • L'amie de Raoul 1as L'amie de Raoul 1
    • (as Veronique Muller)
    Joe Sheridan
    Joe Sheridan
    • Robert, aka Bob, le manager d'avionsas Robert, aka Bob, le manager d'avions
    Belkacem Tatem
    • Le maître d'hôtelas Le maître d'hôtel
    • (as Tatem Belkacem)
    Violaine Barret
    • Yvonne, la femme du jardinieras Yvonne, la femme du jardinier
    Hubert Ravel
    • Laurentas Laurent
    Pascal Sablier
    • Le client iranienas Le client iranien
    Raphaël Delpard
    • Le secrétaire d'Etatas Le secrétaire d'Etat
    • (as Raphael Depard)
    Brigitte Marvine
    • Brigitte, la journalisteas Brigitte, la journaliste
    Steve Suissa
    • Le serveur restaurantas Le serveur restaurant
    François Germond
    • L'agent immobilieras L'agent immobilier
    • Director
      • Jean-Luc Godard(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Jacques Audiberti(novel "Monorail")
      • Jean-Luc Godard(scenario) (uncredited)
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    Composed entirely by literary quotations from many different sources and from several historical periods, Godard's film works as an allegory on film. The loose narrative tells about a drifter found by a rich woman who soon falls in love with him. A drowning accident takes place and the drifter dies but some time later, he reappears in the woman's life looking for a job. Or could it be the man's twin brother? —Rodrigo Amaro
    • lake
    • disillusionment
    • wave
    • femme fatale
    • female male relationship
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    • Trivia
      It has been claimed that every line of dialogue in this film is a quotation.
    • Connections
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une vague nouvelle (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Winter
      by Dino Saluzzi (as Saluzzi)

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    10/10
    Godard boldly suggests a new relationship b/w sound & image
    Godard's (or anyone's) greatest film features fading matinee-idol Alain Delon and the beautiful, enormously talented Domiziana Giordano as archetypal Man and Woman at the end of the twentieth century. The image track tells one story (a narrative involving characters who gradually swap dominant and submissive relationship roles) and the sound track another (the dialogue consists almost entirely of literary quotations from Dante to Proust to Rimbaud to Raymond Chandler, etc.) yet both frequently intersect to create a rich tapestry of sight & sound. Godard uses dialectics involving man and woman, Europe and America, art and commerce, sound and image & upper and lower class to create a supremely beautiful work of art that functions as an affirmation of the possibility of love in the modern world (and a new poetics of cinema) and that also serves as a curiously optimistic farewell to socialism. Unusual for late-Godard is the constantly tracking and craning camera courtesy of the peerless William Lubtchansky.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 23, 1990 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Switzerland
    • Official sites
      • Coproducer TSR special on location report
      • Swiss producer's official site
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • 新浪潮
    • Filming locations
      • Canton de Vaud, Switzerland
    • Production companies
      • Sara Films
      • Peripheria
      • Canal+
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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