Directed by:
Emmanuel LaurentScreenplay:
Antoine de BaecqueCast:
Anouk Aimée, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Charles Aznavour, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Claude Brialy, Claude Chabrol, Raoul Coutard, Jean Desailly (more)Plots(1)
Directors Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut changed the face of cinema forever as members of the French New Wave. They also happened to be best friends. TWO IN THE WAVE documents their intensely combative and creative relationship during their time at Cahiers du Cinéma, their triumphant work on The 400 Blows and Breathless, and their dramatic falling out following the worker and student strikes of May 1968. It also presents the unique bond both filmmakers shared with the actor Jean-Pierre Leaud, who started his career as a child and grew up with Godard and Truffaut as brilliantly bickering father figures. Written and narrated by former Cahiers editor Antoine de Baecque, it is a meticulously researched examination of this vibrant and turbulent period in film history. With clips from over 30 films, and rare interviews with Godard and Truffaut throughout their careers, TWO IN THE WAVE is an essential and often revelatory look at the life and work of two of cinema’s inimitable masters. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Anouk Aimée
France
Best movies:
A Man and a Woman (1966)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Lovers of Paris (1957)
Jean-Pierre Aumont
France
Best movies:
Day for Night (1973)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
The Seven Deadly Sins (1961)
Charles Aznavour
France
Best movies:
Der Zauberberg (1982)
The Tin Drum (1979)
High Infidelity (1964)
Jean-Paul Belmondo
France
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
The Professional (1981)
Jacqueline Bisset
UK
Best movies:
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
Day for Night (1973)
New Year's Day (2000)
Jean-Claude Brialy
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Holy Year (1976)
Claude Chabrol
France
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
Le Beau Serge (1958)
The Seven Deadly Sins (1961)
Raoul Coutard
France
Jean Desailly
France
Best movies:
The Professional (1981)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
The Soft Skin (1964)
Marie Dubois
France
Best movies:
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
Jules and Jim (1962)
Les Grandes Gueules (1965)
Jean-Luc Godard
France
Best movies:
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
My Life to Live (1962)
Breathless (1960)
Claude Jade
France
Best movies:
Stolen Kisses (1968)
Trop c'est trop (1975)
Bed & Board (1970)
Anna Karina
Denmark
Best movies:
Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Anna (1967) (TV movie)
Bernadette Lafont
France
Best movies:
The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)
Le Beau Serge (1958)
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965)
Fritz Lang
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Contempt (1963)
Jean-Pierre Léaud
France
Best movies:
The 400 Blows (1959)
Day for Night (1973)
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Isild Le Besco
France
Best movies:
My King (2015)
The Good Heart (2009)
A Parting Shot (2007)
Yves Montand
Italy
Best movies:
Jean de Florette (1986)
Manon of the Spring (1986)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Jeanne Moreau
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Back to the Wall (1958)
Jack Palance
USA
Best movies:
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon (2003) (music video)
The Cop in Blue Jeans (1976)
Sudden Fear (1952)