Cannes 2025: Richard Linklater celebrates La Nouvelle Vague and Jean-Luc Godard
This film on the story of the Bout de souffle filming is in competition for the Palme d’Or.
Almost 20 years have passed since the last coming of Richard Linklater On the Croisette, which presented, rare, two films in Cannes Film Festival in 2006: A scanner Darkly (with a certain look) and Fast Food Nation (in competition). The American director signs his return with New wavea major project intended to tell the birth of this movement through a fictitious making-off D‘Out of breath of Jean-Luc Godard. A first image of the film was unveiled after its announcement in the official selection, in competition for the Palme d’Or.
Big winner of the special golden palm, The image book (2018), Godard’s latest film had caused Cannes as its director who marked the story of this festival. Richard Linklater (Boyhood,, Before Sunrise…) Return a cinema legend through the behind the scenes of a founding film. In addition to being the first feature film of the famous filmmaker, Out of breathis also considered a turning point in the history of the seventh art: the advent of the New Wave movement.
For this project, Richard Linklater called on new heads. The role of Jean-Luc Godard is embodied by Guillaume Marbeck And AUBRY DULLIN Belmondo interpreter. As for Jean Seberg, it is played by Zoey Deutch (The last day of my life,, The politician). Finally, the French actress Alix Benezech will be Juliette Greco. She shared the film poster on her Instagram account.
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