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.
The anticipated French-language film reconstructs the story behind Godard’s cinema classic and is a fitting addition this morning to the Cannes lineup.
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.
French actor Guillaume Marbeck is portraying Jean-Luc Godard, Zoey Deutch plays Breathless star Jean Seberg and newcomer Aubry Dullin portrays Jean Paul Belmondo.
There are rumours the film is shot in black and white and in 4:3 ratio. ARP Selection produces and distributes in France. Screenwriters include Holly Gent, Vince Palmo, Michèle Halberstadt and Laetitia Masson.
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Five-time Oscar nominee Linklater has previously played at Cannes with Fast Food Nation and A Scanner Darkly. The Boyhood and Before Midnight filmmaker recently debuted musical drama Blue Moon at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.
Goodfellas will have a typically robust Cannes festival and market slate. Among other films in the festival lineup are Rebecca Zlotowski’s Vie Privée starring Jodie Foster.
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