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Meaning of nouvelle vague | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/nuːˌvɛl ˈvɑːɡ/

Definitions

  1. An influential French film movement of the 1950s and 1960s which experimented radically in editing, visual style and narrative
    uncountable
  2. Alternative letter-case form of nouvelle vague.
    alt-of, uncountable
  3. A new movement in art or society.
    broadly, uncountable

Equivalents

Français nouvelle vague

Examples

“The light of the nouvelle vague—the “new wave” in French cinema that crested in the early sixties—was special.”
“Perhaps the great connection between the American film noir and the French nouvelle vague is best thought of in terms of the philosophical implications of life and death as seen in the disruptions and resumed continuity of the French narratives, which never forsake their graceful ritual.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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