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Richard Linklater’s ‘Breathless’ Homage ‘Nouvelle Vague’ Boarded By Goodfellas For Sales Ahead Of Cannes Competition Launch


The film reconstructs the story behind Jean-Luc Godard’s 1959 classic A Bout de Souffle (Breathless) with Zoey Deutch as Jean Seberg.

Jean Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg in 'Breathless,' Richard LinklaterLes Films Imperia/Michael Buckner for Deadline EXCLUSIVE: Richard Linklater’s Cannes Competition-bound Nouvelle Vague, his homage to Jean-Luc Godard’s 1959 New Wave classic A Bout de Souffle( Breathless), has been boarded for international sales by Vincent Maraval’s Goodfellas. Characters in the film are understood to include cinema legends Godard, Jean Cocteau, Robert Bresson, Roberto Rossellini, Jean-Pierre Melville, Eric Rohmer, Agnes Varda and Jacques Rivette. The Boyhood and Before Midnight filmmaker recently debuted musical drama Blue Moon at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.

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