nouvelle vague

plural nou·velles vagues

[noo-vel vag] . French.

a new wave, trend, movement, phase, etc., especially in an art form.

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.

Origin:
literally, new wave

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Nouvelle Vague (nuvɛl vaɡ)

—n
	films another term for New Wave

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