The French New Wave was a film movement in the late 1950s and 1960s that emphasized experimentation with cinematic techniques like handheld camera, jump cuts, and location shooting. Young film critics like Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard drew inspiration from Italian Neorealism and directed their own low-budget films that explored personal themes and contemporary social issues in France. The movement brought fresh approaches to filmmaking and helped turn the director into an auteur with a distinctive personal vision.

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