nouvelle vague

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nouvelle vague

 (väg′)
n.

[French : nouvelle, new + vague, wave.]
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Nouvelle Vague

(nuvɛl vaɡ)
n
(Film) films another term for New Wave
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new′ wave′


n.
1. a movement, esp. in art, literature, or politics, that breaks with traditional values, techniques, etc.
2. (often caps.)
a. a movement in filmmaking that started in France in the 1950s, characterized by loosely structured plots and unconventional photographic techniques.
b. the members of this movement.
[1955–60; translation of French nouvelle vague]
new′-wave′, adj.
new′wav′er, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Nouvelle Vague - an art movement in French cinema in the 1960s
art movement, artistic movement - a group of artists who agree on general principles
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(17) The sources of the music for Nouvelle Vague are identified both in the published script and in the liner notes of the CD ROM version of the sound-track for this film.
Face a ces evacuations et devant les previsions de l'Office national de meteorologie qui signalent une nouvelle vague de chaleur avec des temperatures de 44 degres sur les wilayas de l'Ouest et du Centre jusqu'a aujourd'hui, le personnel medical appelle a la vigilance.
[beaucoup moins que]Il n'y a pas une grande place aujourd'hui au court metrage dans le cinema japonais ; mais il commence a avoir sa place grace a cette nouvelle vague de cineastes qui realisent des films, notamment pour les institutions et les societes qui veulent faire de la publicite, et ce a travers une histoire comme dans le cinema, dont les films se commercialisent sur Smartphones et sur ordinateurs[beaucoup plus grand que], nous indique Seigo Tono, directeur du Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia.
A Minsk, la jeune femme au look de charme tres classique, a accompli un parcours sans accroc jusqu'a la finale contre une autre representante de la nouvelle vague, l'Allemande Kristina Vogel (22 ans), elle aussi invaincue en match au long du tournoi.
Today, the 12,000-capacity festival continues, with performances from 120 bands over seven stages including The Waterboys, Sons And Daughters, Edwyn Collins, Nouvelle Vague and Attic Lights.
Tonight I am planning on seeing the excellent Truckers of Husk playing at Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff, and then a visit down to The Point in the docks to see Nouvelle Vague playing.
ANSWERS: 1 Smallpox; 2 One; 3 Bangladesh; 4 The winter of discontent; 5 Harrods; 6 Walker; 7 Iris; 8 Elliott; 9 Liverpool; 10 Nouvelle Vague.
ANSWERS: 1Smallpox; 2 One; 3 Bangladesh; 4 The winter of discontent; 5 Harrods; 6 Walker; 7 Iris; 8 Elliott; 9 Liverpool; 10 Nouvelle Vague.
Headlining an eclectic bill will be British downtempo duo Zero 7, plus Nigerian Femi Kuti, French group Nouvelle Vague and the Los Angeles-based Breakestra.
THE latest additions to the Summer Sundae weekender at Leicester's De Montfort Hall in August include Gomez, Martha Wainwright, Morning Runner, Nouvelle Vague, The Boy Most Likely To, Plaid, M Craft and Joan as a Policewoman.
"The hardboiled old men with hearts of stone must die," Lars von Trier declared in his first manifesto, twenty years ago, fresh from film school and ready to launch a Nordic nouvelle vague by killing the Father--or fathers, Ingmar Bergman in particular.
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