nouvelle vague
/nuːˌvɛl ˈvɑːɡ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An influential French film movement of the 1950s and 1960s which experimented radically in editing, visual style and narrative
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The light of the nouvelle vague—the “new wave” in French cinema that crested in the early sixties—was special."
- "Perhaps the great connection between the American film noir and the French nouvelle vague is best thought of in terms of the philosophical implications of life and death as seen in the disruptions and resumed continuity of the French narratives, which never forsake their graceful ritual."