nouvelle vague
An influential French film movement of the 1950s and 1960s which experimented…An influential French film movement of the 1950s and 1960s which experimented radically in editing, visual style and narrative
/nuːˌvɛl ˈvɑːɡ/
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)An influential French film movement of the 1950s and 1960s which experimented radically in editing, visual style and narrative
an art movement in French cinema in the 1960s
(broadly, uncountable)A new movement in art or society.
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French nouvelle vague (literally “new wave”).Unadapted borrowing from French nouvelle vague (literally “new wave”).
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