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Could Richard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’ Get France Its First Oscar for Best International Feature in Over Three Decades?
Richard Linklater's 'Nouvelle Vague,' a love letter to Jean-Luc Godard’s cult 1960 movie 'Breathless,' is eligible to represent France at the Oscars.
At this point, no films have been submitted for consideration, but the most likely candidate and probable frontrunner is “ Nouvelle Vague,” Richard Linklater’s homage to Jean-Luc Godard’s cult 1960 movie “Breathless” which was acquired by Netflix at Cannes, followed by Rebecca Zlotowski’s “Vie Privée” starring Jodie Foster and bought by Sony Pictures Classics. Besides the film’s upscale profile and pedigree of Sony Pictures Classics as a top Oscar campaigner, another factor that could play in favor of “Vie Privée” is Zlotowski’s solid reputation in France (including from her peers) where she received this year’s French Cinema Award. Neon will campaign for Panahi’s movie, along with other foreign-language films it bought at Cannes and earlier, such as Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” which will almost certainly represent Norway, Oliver Laxe’s “Sirât,” a potential Spanish candidate and Kleber Mendonça Filho‘s “The Secret Agent” which might be chosen by Brazil.
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