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Nouvelle Vague is a french film of genre Drama directed by Jean-Luc Godard with Alain Delon
Nouvelle Vague (1990)
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Add to a movie listNouvelle Vague (English: New Wave) is a 1990 French film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It follows the story of hitchiker Lennox (Alain Delon) credited as "Lui" ("Him"), taken in by a wealthy industrialist, Elena Torlato-Favrini or "Elle" ("Her"), played by Domiziana Giordano. The film was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.
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La Contessa Elena Torlato-Favrini (her last name taken from The Barefoot Contessa) is a wealthy Italian industrialist living in a sprawling estate near Lake Geneva, Switzerland. She is attended by Jules the Gardener, his wife Yvonne, their daughter Cécile, the chauffeur Laurent, and the mysterious Della Larue (or "Della Street," a reference to Erle Stanley Gardner's Perry Mason stories). At the film's opening, Elena goes for a drive by herself and encounters Roger Lennox (his last name taken from The Long Goodbye), an apparent drifter. Elena's trajectory is brought to an abrupt halt as she stops to help Roger, who has evidently been forced off the road by a truck and is severely incapacitated. As Elena reaches out to take Roger's hand (the "miracle of empty hands"), their relationship begins.Actors
Alain Delon
(Lui / Roger Lennox / Richard Lennox)
Domiziana Giordano
(Elle: Elena Torlato-Favrini)
Laurence Côte
(La secrétaire)
Odile Versois
(the PDG)
Jacques Dacqmine
(Le PDG)
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