Netflix has beaten out the competition for Richard Linklater‘s Cannes darling “Nouvelle Vague” after the film debuted in competition at the festival.https://t.co/dP2Tugjtv9
— Variety (@Variety) May 26, 2025
– A theatrical window is not guaranteed outside of the mandatory two weeks it needs in cinemas for awards consideration.
– The film received a six-and-a-half-minute standing ovation at its Cannes debut, with director Quentin Tarantino in attendance.
– “Nouvelle Vague” is Linklater’s retelling of how Jean Luc Godard’s Breathless came to life.
– Netflix has previously released his other movies: Hitman + Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood.
