Tag Archives: La Nouvelle Vague

young and angry in the city (film: Les cousins – Claude Chabrol, 1959)

After ‘Le beau Serge’, that I had watched a few days ago, I now saw ‘Les cousins‘ (1959), the other film in the diptych that launched Claude Chabrol‘s career and was one of the first successes of the French New … Continue reading

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the beautiful Serge and the good François (film: Le Beau Serge – Claude Chabrol, 1958)

‘Le beau Serge’ (1958) is Claude Chabrol‘s first film, considered by many film historians to be the first film of the French New Wave. There are enough arguments in favor of this categorization. Chabrol was the first of the directors … Continue reading

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Mata Hari and La Nouvelle Vague (film: Mata Hari, agent H21 – Jean-Louis Richard, 1964)

Cinema’s love story with the character of Mata Hari began only a few years after the execution by shooting squad of the famous spy. When Jeanne Moreau played, in 1964, her role in the film ‘Mata Hari, agent H21‘ directed … Continue reading

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the last Melville (film: Un flic – Jean-Pierre Melville, 1972)

The ‘noir’ films made by Jean-Pierre Melville before ‘Un flic‘ have some visual elements that make them easily recognizable in the landscape of French cinema and many of them share a common theme – friendship. Many of his characters are … Continue reading

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Generation 1965 (film: Masculin féminin – Jean-Luc Godard, 1966)

The best tribute we can pay to a filmmaker who is no longer with us is to watch his films. Discuss them with our movie-loving friends. Write about them. Jean-Luc Godard‘s death created the opportunity to watch or re-watch some … Continue reading

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not only for Romy and Jean-Louis (film: Le combat dans l’île – Alain Cavalier, 1962)

The long goodbye that we are taking from Jean-Louis Trintignant gave us the opportunity to see some of his most famous films but also a few lesser known ones. The latter category includes ‘Le Combat dans l’île‘, the feature film … Continue reading

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underrated movie and film director (film: Éducation sentimentale – Alexandre Astruc, 1962)

The funniest nickname I found in the biographies of Alexandre Astruc, the director of ‘Sentimental Education’ (1962) is ‘Uncle of the New French Wave’. This characterization is based on the theoretical writings that Astruc left behind. One of the most … Continue reading

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Norwegian Nouvelle Vague (film: Reprise – Joachim Trier, 2006)

‘Reprise‘, the 2006 debut film by Norwegian director Joachim Trier, is a tribute to the directors of the French New Wave and their films. In many ways it looks like a New Wave movie made in Norway in the 2000’s. … Continue reading

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top of the wave (film: A bout de souffle – Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)

MyBelmondo cure this week concludes with ‘A bout de souffle‘, Godard‘s 1960 film, a film I love so much that I unhesitatingly gave it a very rare 10/10 on IMDB. Why do I really like this movie? In my opinion, … Continue reading

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the loves of the pianist (film: Tirez sur le pianiste – François Truffaut, 1960)

Made in 1960, ‘Tirez sur le pianiste‘ (the English title is ‘Shoot the Piano Player‘) is François Truffaut‘s second film, released after his formidable debut with ‘Les quatre cent coups‘. The main source of inspiration here is the genre of … Continue reading

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