Movie: Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

Top 10 Billed Cast

Mark Halliley
Mark Halliley

Self - Commentator (voice)

Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris

Self

Jean Rouch
Jean Rouch

Self

Richard Leacock
Richard Leacock

Self

Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda

Self

Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol

Self

Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard

Self

François Truffaut
François Truffaut

Self (archive footage)

Raoul Coutard
Raoul Coutard

Self

Anna Karina
Anna Karina

Self

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  • Overview

    An intimate window into one of the great movements in film history that brought about an evolution in the art of cinema. The documentary portrays the movement with insight on the lives and works of Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and other principal players in the New Wave.

  • Release Date

    1992-06-18

  • Average

    3.3

  • Rating:

    1.6 starts
  • Tagline

    Photography is truth. Cinema is truth 24 times a second.

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  • Languages:

    EnglishFrançais
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