Nouvelle Vague (1990)

6.1/10 89 min Drama

Overview

Composed entirely of literary quotations from many different sources and from several historical periods, the loose narrative concerns a drifter found by a rich woman who soon falls in love with him. A drowning accident takes place and the drifter dies, but some time later he reappears in the woman’s life looking for a job. Or could it be the man’s twin brother?

Cast

Alain Delon

Roger Lennox / Richard Lennox

Domiziana Giordano

Elena Torlato-Favrini

Jacques Dacqmine

PDG

Christophe Odent

Raoul Dorfman, the Lawyer

Roland Amstutz

Jules, the Gardener

Laurence Côte

Cécile, the Governess

Joe Sheridan

Robert, aka Bob, the Aircraft Manager

Steve Suissa

Restaurant Waiter

Maria Pitarresi

Raoul's Friend 2

Laure Killing

Dorothy Parker, the Doctor's Wife

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