Nouvelle Vague
“Everyone loves the new wave.”
After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, young Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He gets Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, creating a treatment with Truffaut about a gangster couple.
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Cast
36 people
Guillaume Marbeck
Jean-Luc Godard
Also in
Couture
The Life Before
Zoey Deutch
Jean Seberg
Known for
Before I Fall
Set It Up
Aubry Dullin
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Also in
Murder in Lozère
Te Barre Pas
Adrien Rouyard
François Truffaut
No other roles listed
Antoine Besson
Claude Chabrol
No other roles listed
Jodie Ruth-Forest
Suzanne Schiffman
Known for
The New Look
Bruno Dreyfürst
Georges de Beauregard
Also in
Disturbing Disappearances
Sùnndi's Kàter
Benjamin Cléry
Pierre Rissient
Known for
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Enough is Enough!
Matthieu Penchinat
Raoul Coutard
Also in
Les Pennac(s)
Candice Renoir
Pauline Belle
Suzon Faye
Also in
Marinaleda
Sophie's Misfortunes
Frank Cicurel
Raymond Cauchetier
Known for
Dancing On
Blaise Pettebone
Marc Pierret
Known for
God Save the Tuches
Richard Linklater Director · Michèle Pétin Writer Laetitia Masson Writer
Budget $9.9M · United States release October 31, 2025 · Produced in France, United States
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Budget
$9,900,000
Production
ARP Sélection
Production · Distribution
Detour Filmproduction
Production
Cinetic Media
Production
France · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French · Italian
Release dates
France · May 17, 2025
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · October 8, 2025
Theatrical
United States · October 31, 2025
Limited theatrical
United States · November 14, 2025
Digital · Netflix
United States
August 29, 2025 · Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
September 30, 2025 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
October 5, 2025 · Premiere · Mill Valley Film Festival
October 15, 2025 · Premiere · Orcas Island Film Festival
October 18, 2025 · Premiere · Newport Beach Film Festival
October 19, 2025 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival / Philadelphia Film Festival / Montclair Film Festival
October 26, 2025 · Premiere · Virginia Film Festival / SCAD Savannah Film Festival
October 30, 2025 · Premiere · The American French Film Festival
November 5, 2025 · Premiere · Denver Film Festival
November 13, 2025 · Premiere · Ojai Playhouse Film Festival
American Samoa
November 13, 2025 · Digital · Netflix
Argentina
January 1, 2026 · Theatrical
Australia
August 21, 2025 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
October 16, 2025 · Premiere · Adelaide Film Festival
October 30, 2025 · Premiere · Capital Film Festival
November 24, 2025 · Premiere · Perth Festival
January 8, 2026 · Theatrical
April 8, 2026 · Physical
Austria
October 17, 2025 · Premiere · Vienna International Film Festival
March 12, 2026 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 19, 2025 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
December 18, 2025 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
January 30, 2026 · Theatrical
Canada
September 4, 2025 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
China
April 18, 2026 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival
Colombia
May 14, 2026 · Theatrical
Estonia
August 4, 2025 · Premiere · tARTuff Tartu Love Film Festival
Finland
December 19, 2025 · Theatrical
France
June 24, 2025 · Premiere · Biarritz Film Festival
September 12, 2025 · Premiere · Deauville American Film Festival
May 5, 2026 · Digital · Canal+
May 5, 2026 · TV · Canal+
Georgia
December 5, 2025 · Premiere · Tbilisi International Film Festival
Germany
July 4, 2025 · Premiere · Munich International Film Festival
March 12, 2026 · Theatrical
Greece
October 30, 2025 · Theatrical
Guam
November 14, 2025 · Digital · Netflix
Guatemala
February 5, 2026 · Theatrical
Hungary
April 16, 2026 · Theatrical
Indonesia
September 28, 2025 · Premiere · Jakarta World Cinema
November 8, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Special Screening
November 23, 2025 · Premiere · Festival Sinema Prancis
February 18, 2026 · Digital · KlikFilm
Ireland
November 8, 2025 · Premiere · Cork International Film Festival
Italy
March 5, 2026 · Theatrical
Japan
July 10, 2026 · Theatrical
Mexico
November 13, 2025 · Premiere · Mexico's National Cinematheque International Film Festival
December 11, 2025 · Theatrical
Morocco
December 3, 2025 · Premiere · Marrakech International Film Festival
Netherlands
October 10, 2025 · Premiere · Leiden International Film Festival
November 27, 2025 · Theatrical
New Zealand
August 12, 2025 · Premiere · New Zealand International Film Festival
January 22, 2026 · Limited theatrical
Northern Mariana Islands
November 14, 2025 · Digital · Netflix
Norway
December 25, 2025 · Theatrical
March 4, 2026 · Premiere · Kosmorama Trondheim Film Festival
Poland
July 17, 2025 · Premiere · BNP Paribas New Horizons International Film Festival
November 7, 2025 · Premiere · American Film Festival
August 21, 2026 · Theatrical
Portugal
December 18, 2025 · Theatrical
Puerto Rico
November 14, 2025 · Digital · Netflix
Russia
October 7, 2025 · Premiere · Mayak Film Festival
October 18, 2025 · Premiere · Message to Man International Film Festival
November 6, 2025 · Theatrical
February 8, 2026 · Theatrical
South Korea
September 20, 2025 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
December 31, 2025 · Theatrical
Spain
September 19, 2025 · Premiere · San Sebastián International Film Festival
January 9, 2026 · Theatrical
Switzerland
September 25, 2025 · Premiere · Zurich Film Festival
March 12, 2026 · Theatrical
Taiwan
June 28, 2026 · Premiere · Taipei Film Festival
July 8, 2026 · Theatrical
U.S. Virgin Islands
November 14, 2025 · Digital · Netflix
United Kingdom
October 18, 2025 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
November 8, 2025 · Premiere · Belfast Film Festival
November 22, 2025 · Premiere · French Film Festival London 2025
January 30, 2026 · Theatrical
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