The trailer reveals Guillaume Marbeck portraying Jean-Luc Godard and Zoey Deutch as Jean Seberg, the star of Breathless. The cast also includes newcomers Jodie Ruth-Forest, Jonas Marmy, and Jean-Jacques Le Vessier.
Cinematographer David Chambille, known for his work on Bruno Dumont's recent films, shot Nouvelle Vague in black and white with a 1:33:1 aspect ratio, echoing the style of Godard’s 1959 classic.
The film features legendary filmmakers like Jean Cocteau, Robert Bresson, Roberto Rossellini, Éric Rohmer, Jean-Pierre Melville, and Jeremy Rivette — key figures in the French New Wave movement of the 1960s. This marks Linklater’s first entirely French-language film. The story explores the origins of the French New Wave and focuses on the making of Breathless. Described as both a comedy and a love letter to that era, Linklater confirmed in an interview that it was shot “like a New Wave film,” capturing its innovative spirit.
