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Richard Linklater's 'Nouvelle Vague' receives applause at Cannes

Cannes, May 18 (UNI) American filmmaker Richard Linklater paid tribute to the French New Wave and reflected on the state of global cinema during a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival, where he presented his latest film "Nouvelle Vague", a behind-the-scenes homage to the making of Jean-Luc Godard's landmark film "Breathless".
"Nouvelle Vague" tells the story of the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s "Breathless". Shot on film in the 4:3 aspect ratio and told entirely in French, it stars Guillaume Marbeck as Godard, Zoey Deutch as Godard’s star Jean Seberg, and Aubry Dullin as Jean-Paul Belmondo.
Breathless, considered on of seminal film of the French New Wave, follows Michel Poiccard (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a small-time criminal on the run after killing a policeman, and his romantic entanglement with Patricia Franchini (Jean Seberg), an American journalism student in Paris, reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
“Ten years ago, when we were thinking about this movie, I was thinking they’ll hate that an American director did it,” said Linklater of making a movie about the cornerstone of French cinema as a filmmaker from Austin, Texas.
“We will never show this film in France. We will show it all over the world but never in France.” On Saturday night, the film received a 10-minute standing ovation at its premiere, one of the most electric of the fest thus far.
Linklater, best known for "Boyhood", "Dazed" and "Confused", and the "Before" trilogy, said that crafting "Nouvelle Vague" allowed him to rediscover his own early passion. “It represented freedom and the notion of the personal film.”
The director added: “I felt like I was 28 years-old making this film. I had to erase my experience and get back to my first film mentality. [Making this movie] was like going back in time.”
Beyond the art, the press conference also veered into contemporary cultural critique, with Linklater responding to US President Donald Trump's renewed musings on imposing tariffs on foreign-made films.
“That’s not going to happen, right?” he said. ”That guy changes his mind like 50 times a day.”
The director used the opportunity to draw a pointed contrast between France's robust cultural infrastructure and the United States' laissez-faire approach to the arts. “I really admire the French film industry in the way they are so focused and take care of their industry. They make sure it’s healthy, and they nurture it. And our country, the US, could use a little bit of that.”
Deutch added that she would like to see filming come back to Los Angeles. "It would be nice to make more movies in Los Angeles with the history and the studios and the culture,” said Deutch, adding she had just completed a movie in the city, calling the experience “magical.”
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