By John Corrado

The first teaser trailer has just been released for Nouvelle Vague, director Richard Linklater’s take on the French New Wave and the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 classic Breathless. This is Linklater’s first film in French, and the beloved American indie filmmaker tackling this period in cinema history is reason enough to be excited.

The logline reads “this is the story of Godard making “Breathless,” told in the style and spirit in which Godard made “Breathless.”” This wonderfully cut teaser really highlights that style, including David Chambille’s 1:33:1, black-and-white cinematography. Guillaume Marbeck stars as Godard, while Aubry Dullin is Breathless star Jean-Paul Belmondo and Zoey Deutch is Jean Seberg. The glimpses we get at them are fairly uncanny.

Linklater’s highly anticipated film premieres in competition at Cannes this weekend, and will be released later this year. It looks like a real treat for cinephiles. The full teaser trailer is below.