EXCLUSIVE: Richard Linklater’s Cannes Competitors-bound Nouvelle Imprecise, his homage to Jean-Luc Godard’s 1959 New Wave traditional A Bout de Souffle (Breathless), has been boarded for worldwide gross sales by Vincent Maraval’s Goodfellas.
The anticipated French-language movie reconstructs the story behind Godard’s cinema traditional and is a becoming addition this morning to the Cannes lineup.
Characters within the movie are understood to incorporate cinema legends Godard, Jean Cocteau, Robert Bresson, Roberto Rossellini, Jean-Pierre Melville, Eric Rohmer, Agnes Varda and Jacques Rivette.
French actor Guillaume Marbeck is portraying Jean-Luc Godard, Zoey Deutch performs Breathless star Jean Seberg and newcomer Aubry Dullin portrays Jean Paul Belmondo.
There are rumours the movie is shot in black and white and in 4:3 ratio. ARP Choice produces and distributes in France. Screenwriters embody Holly Gent, Vince Palmo, Michèle Halberstadt and Laetitia Masson.
5-time Oscar nominee Linklater has beforehand performed at Cannes with Quick Meals Nation and A Scanner Darkly. The Boyhood and Earlier than Midnight filmmaker lately debuted musical drama Blue Moon at this yr’s Berlin Movie Pageant.
Goodfellas could have a usually strong Cannes competition and market slate. Amongst different movies within the competition lineup are Rebecca Zlotowski’s Vie Privée starring Jodie Foster.
