Films at the Whitney

35 mm | 2025 | directed by Richard Linklater | France, USA | 105 minutes | French with English subtitles 

Oscar-nominated indie auteur Richard Linklater’s latest film is a love letter to the magic of the French New Wave. NOUVELLE VAGUE is an electric and meticulous portrait of the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s iconic 1960 debut film, BREATHLESS. In part recreation of the pioneering New Wave film, and part ode to the creative chaos of the 1959 streets of Paris, Linklater transports us to a uniquely transformative time in global cinema. 

Presented by Whitney Humanities Center, Yale Film Archive, and the French department’s Ciné-Club 

35mm print courtesy of Netflix 

Don’t miss our screening of BREATHLESS, the masterpiece at the heart of NOUVELLE VAGUE, on November 1 at 2:00 pm in HQ L02.