Richard Linklater turns his eye to France in Nouvelle Vague, a luminous black-and-white homage to the birth of the French New Wave. With uncanny precision and playful spirit, the film whisks us back to Paris in 1959, where Jean-Luc Godard prepares to shoot Breathless. Guillaume Marbeck channels Godard with remarkable wit, while Zoey Deutch delivers a radiant turn as Jean Seberg. Together, they capture the restlessness and youthful passion of a movement that forever changed cinema. Linklater’s film is both an affectionate tribute and a slyly comic re-creation, balancing sharp dialogue, exquisite period detail, and the joy of artists on the brink of invention. What emerges is an elegant love letter to the art of filmmaking—romantic, witty, and timeless. A stylish gem for cinephiles and newcomers alike, this is a film that will delight you from first frame to last. —João Federici

SPOTLIGHT ON ZOEY DEUTCH
After making her television debut at 15 in 2010 in The Suite Life on Deck, Zoey Deutch made her first big screen appearance, starring alongside her mother Lea Thompson and sister Madlyn Deutch in Mayor Cupcake(2010). Since then, she has moved between television, film, and theater with major film roles, including Beautiful Creatures (2013), Vampire Academy (2014), Everybody Wants Some!! (2016), Rebel in the Rye (2017), The Disaster Artist (2017), Set It Up (2018), The Outfit (2022), and Juror #2 (2024). She made her Broadway debut in 2024 in a revival of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town.

Join us for this special evening during which Zoey will be presented with the MVFF Award.