Richard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’ Rolls Into Cannes With 11-Minute Ovation As Quentin Tarantino Sees Pic For Second Time On Same Day

Richard Linklater’s debut musical drama *Nouvelle Vague* won a standing ovation at Cannes, drawing praise from Quentin Tarantino who also watched the film twice within eight hours after its special screening Saturday morning. The French-language film, inspired by Jean-Luc Godard’s 1959 classic *Breathless*, stars actors including Guillaume Marbeck as Jean Paul Belmondo and Zoey Deutch as Jean Seberg. Linklater, known for films like *Boyhood* and *Before Midnight*, is making his directorial debut with this nostalgic love letter to cinema.