[FILM REVIEW] NOUVELLE VAGUE Review (2026)

Summary: The behind the scenes of the filming of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless (1960), a landmark of the French New Wave film movement.

Year: 2026

Cinema Release Dates:  30th January 2026 (Australia), TBA (Thailand), 30th January 2026 (UK), 31st October 2025 (USA)

VOD Release Dates: Available in all regions now.

Country: France, USA

Director: Richard Linklater

Screenwriter: Holly Gent, Vincent Palmo Jr.

Cast: Jeanne Arenes (Blanche Montel), Pauline Belle (Suzon Faye), Alix Benezech (Juliette Greco), Antoine Besson (Claude Chabrol), Cosima Bevernaege (Francoise Arnoul), Benoit Bouthors (Claude Beausoleil), Lea Luce Busato (Lilane David), Lou Chretien-Fevrier (Madeleine Morgenstern), Frank Cicurel (Raymond Cauchetier), Benjamin Clery (Pierre Rissient), Jean-Baptiste Degermann (Jacques Doniol-Valcroze), Zoey Deutch (Jean Seberg), Bruno Dreyfurst (Georges de Beauregard), Aubry Dullin (Jean-Paul Belmondo), Gregory Dupont (Jose Benazeraf), Isis Fleischer (Evelyne), Pierre-Francois Garel (Richard Balducci), Pierre Glenat (Alain Resnais), Jean-Jacques Le Vessier (Jean Cocteau), Aurelien Lorgnier (Robert Bresson), Paolo Luke-Noe (Francois Moreuil), Guillaume Marbeck (Jean-Luc Godard), Jonas Marmy (Jacques Rivette), Laurent Mothe (Roberto Rossellini), Tom Novembre (Jean-Pierre Melville), Matthieu Penchinat (Raoul Coutard), Blaise Pettebone (Marc Pierret), Jade Phan-Gia (Phuong Maittret), Niko Ravel (Michel Fabre), Baptiste Roussillon (Daniel Boulanger), Adrien Rouyard (Francois Truffaut), Jodie Ruth-Forest (Suzanne Schiffman), Pauline Scoupe-Fournier (Lila Herman), Come Thieulin (Eric Rohmer), Romain Valette (Francois Chalais), Iliana Zabeth (Cecile Decugis)

Running Time: 106 mins

Classification: M (Australia), TBC (Thailand), 12A (UK), R (USA)

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