Nouvelle Vague

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.

Cast

Guillaume Marbeck

as Jean-Luc Godard

Zoey Deutch

as Jean Seberg

Aubry Dullin

as Jean-Paul Belmondo

Adrien Rouyard

as François Truffaut

Antoine Besson

as Claude Chabrol

Jodie Ruth-Forest

as Suzanne Schiffman

Bruno Dreyfürst

as Georges de Beauregard

Benjamin Cléry

as Pierre Rissient

Matthieu Penchinat

as Raoul Coutard

Pauline Belle

as Suzon Faye

Reviews

Brent Marchant

Landmark moments in virtually every area of endeavor are worthy of, and frequently celebrated in, films that applaud the significance of these accomplishments, and that even includes groundbreaking developments in moviemaking. These cinematic commemorations are generally imbued with a sense of respe...

CinemaSerf

Aspiring director Jean-Luc Godard (Guillaume Marbeck) is fed up playing second fiddle to the likes of Truffaut and Chabrol so manages to convince producer Georges de Beauregard (Bruno Dreyfürst) to give him his first shot as a director. Somewhat reluctantly, “Beau-Beau” agrees to give him twenty day...

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