EXCLUSIVE:: Netflix won in a war tug for Richard Linklater‘s Breathless tribute Novelle Wave After Cannes Film Festival Make your debut in competition.
We understand that the agreement concluded for $ 4 million, a record national expenditure for a film in French.
It’s interesting. Breathless is considered a classic of cinema and Novelle Wave A love letter in the cinema. Could there be a longer theatrical game in the United States or abroad before it reaches Netflix? At least at the national level, we hear that it is likely that it is simply the two -week window that qualified the awards.
Novelle Wave Launched with hot words At the Cannes Film Festival there are two weekends. In good hands, the speech was that the film could appear in the price race.
Netflix has just released a season of hectic awards with a Spanish language film Emilia Pe.ground floorwho marked 13 Oscar appointments and two victories. There will be hopes in the streamer that Novelle Wave can reach others like Ballad of a little player,, Frankenstein And Jay Kelly In the following rewards. Netflix clearly believes in the film, splashing what is potentially the second most paid at the national level for any foreign language film. Emilia Pe.ground floor holds the record after being picked up by the same studio For the seven High figures this time last year.
Novelle Wave Reconstructing the story behind the classic of Jean-Luc Godard’s cinema on a love story condemned between an idealistic Frenchman and her American lover. French actor Guillaume Marbeck depicts Godard, Zoey Deutch plays Jean Seberg, and the newcomer Aubry Dullin represents Jean Paul Belmondo. The characters in the film also include the legends of cinema Jean Cocteau, Robert Bresson, Roberto Rossellini, Jean-Pierre Melville, Eric Rohmer, Agnes Varda and Jacques Rivette.
After the world first of the competition to Canes There are two Saturdays, the public of the palace gave the film a 11 -minute ovation. Our critic Pete Hammond said in his review: “The splendid Linklater love letter to the new French wave and Godard will make you fall in love with films again.”
The first teaser was released this weekend. You can see it below. The script is from Vince Palmo, Michèle Halberstadt, Laetitia Masson and Holly Gent. The ARP selection produces and distributes in France this fall. Goodfellas and CAA Media Finance reappear sales and conclude the Netflix agreement.
THE Novelle Wave Acquisition is yet another example of the power of foreign language films at the moment. Neon during the weekend picked up her sixth golden palm With Iranian drama It was just an accidentAnother potential reward competitor.
Linklater, nominated from the Oscars five times, previously played in Cannes with Fast food nation And A dark scanner. THE Childhood And Before midnight The filmmaker recently made his debut on musical drama Blue moon At Berlin Film Festival this year.
