Films at the Whitney

35 mm | 1960 | Directed by Jean-Luc Godard | France | 90 minutes | French with English subtitles 

Jean-Luc Godard’s iconic masterpiece and take on the genre of film noir launched the French New Wave globally. Impulsive but charming bad guy Michel mimics the style of movie gangsters like Humphrey Bogart and kills a cop while stealing a car. He hides out in his American girlfriend’s Paris apartment while trying to convince her to run away with him to Italy. An aspiring journalist, she’s skeptical of her boyfriend’s unpredictable behavior and begins to question her loyalty to him. 

Presented by Whitney Humanities Center and the Yale French department’s Ciné Club 

35mm print courtesy of the Yale Film Archive 

Join us again on November 5 at 7:30 pm at 53 Wall Street for a screening of NOUVELLE VAGUE in 35mm, Richard Linklater’s homage to this classic of New Wave cinema.