When Richard Linklater first started thinking about making a film about the French New Wave, he figured he'd show it all everywhere except one place. “I thought: They'll hate that an American director did this,

Capturing the making of Jean-Luc Godard's 'Breathless,' Richard Linklater recreates French New Wave with 'Nouvelle Vague.' Watch the teaser.

The American indie cinema icon's love letter to the French New Wave, shot in black and white and told entirely in French, found its perfect launch pad at the world's most glamorous film festival.