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La Nouvelle Vague 50th Anniversary retrospective.
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It’s has been 50 years since the French New Wave hit cinema screens worldwide.

The French New Wave or La nouvelle vague was a term coined by critics to refer to work by innovative filmmakers in France whose heyday was between 1958 and 1964. These new directors, who included François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, responded to their experiences of France’s upheaval following the devastation of WWII by creating works of art in deliberate reaction to the old-fashioned, ‘quality’ cinéma de papa (‘Dad’s cinema’). With some of the country’s greatest directors such as Jean Renoir (who represented the old guard of French auteur cinema) in a state of exile due to WWII, there emerged the possibility of a ‘new wave’ of directors to make their presence provocatively known on the French film scene.

This season celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Nouvelle Vague. The event is designed to provide an opportunity to see the key films of the movement alongside those that inspired, or were inspired by, them.The French New Wave or La nouvelle vague was a term coined by critics to refer to work by innovative filmmakers in France whose heyday was between 1958 and 1964. These new directors, who included François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, responded to their experiences of France’s upheaval following the devastation of WWII by creating works of art in deliberate reaction to the old-fashioned, ‘quality’ cinéma de papa (‘Dad’s cinema’). With some of the country’s greatest directors such as Jean Renoir (who represented the old guard of French auteur cinema) in a state of exile due to WWII, there emerged the possibility of a ‘new wave’ of directors to make their presence provocatively known on the French film scene.

Programme (all film synopses here):

The 400 Blows (PG) Wednesday 1 - Friday 3 July France 1959 1h 39m French/English, with subtitles

Francois Truffaut, une autobiographie (U) Monday 6 July (6.30) France 2004 1h 18m French, with subtitles This screening will be introduced by author Ewan Morrison.

Hiroshima mon amour (PG) Wednesday 8 July (6.15) France/Japan 1959 1h 30m French/Japanes/English, with subtitles

Black Orpheus (PG) Monday 13 July (6.30) France/Italy/Brazil 1959 1h 57m Portuguese, with subtitles

Breathless (PG) Tuesday 14 (6.45) & Wednesday 15 July (8.45) France 1960 1h 30m French, with subtitles

Paris nous appartient (12A) Monday 20 July (6.00) France 1961 2h 21m French, with subtitles

Chronicle of a Summer (U) Wednesday 22 July (6.15) France 1961 1h 25m French, with subtitles

Pierrot le fou (15) Monday 27 - Wednesday 29 July France/Italy 1965 1h 40m French/English, with subtitles
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