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nouvelle vague

[ noo-vel vag ]

noun

, French.
, plural nou·velles vagues [noo-vel , vag].
  1. a new wave, trend, movement, phase, etc., especially in an art form.
  2. the films of a group of young French and Italian filmmakers, beginning in the late 1950s, who emphasized conscious manipulation of film techniques and psychological probing instead of plot.


Nouvelle Vague

/ nuvɛl vaɡ /

noun

  1. films another term for New Wave 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of nouvelle vague1

Literally, “new wave”

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