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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
  2. Alternative letter-case form of nouvelle vague.
    alt-of, uncountable
  3. A new movement in art or society.

Equivalents

Français nouvelle vague

Examples

The light of the nouvelle vaguethenew wave” in French cinema that crested in the early sixtieswas 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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