Meeting Guillaume Marbec, Richard Linklater’s Godard in Nouvelle Vague

“In each of his films, he embodied the very freedom of artistic creativity.” Exactly with this sentence Guillaume Marbec resume Jean-Luc Godard. And it is with this same freedom that he embodies it in the film Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater presented to Canneswhere the actor – for whom this is his first role – takes on the traits of the most elusive French director. Godar : a punk without tattoos, an esthete in dark glasses, a figure who refused to be himself. When Guillaume Marbec comes, he smiles at us, shakes our hands, throws away his chewing gum and gives us a press kit in brochure format. Relaxed There is nothing in this regard to indicate the pressure associated with the installation of the monument cinema French, but the challenge was huge. It wasn’t a question of playing Godard – we had to offer a version of him. Its. New wave this is a tribute film as well as a free recreation. Behind the camera: Richard Linklater. On the screen: Guillaume Marbec, Zoe Deutsch, Aubrey Dallin, and the atmosphere of the filming is recreated down to the last detail. The film tells about the beginning and filming I was suffocatingwritten by Francois Truffaut soon after success Four hundred strokes in Cannes in 1959. Crucial time. Truffaut gives a push Godar grabs the camera. The story is known, as well as the myth. But here everything is seen through a new prism: an actor who, by a happy coincidence, finds himself embodying it.

Before Godard

When asked about his origin love movie, Guillaume Marbec immediately remembers his childhood: “When I was little, my parents took me to watch moviesand when it stopped, I was disappointed that I didn’t belong in this world, that I wasn’t living the story plusThen his desire to be a director was born, or at least his desire to be part of this “collective focus”. After studying cinema at ESRA in Paris then in New York for three years, where he discovered and explored “all the professions of cinema, except barber, makeupand acting!” — then he studied for 2 years to become an actor. He admits that it “allowed him to understand what the actor’s language is.” According to him, the actor and the director “speak two different languages: the director will talk about the result, and the actor will talk more about the action.”

After acting school, he did not get any roles, but continued to train on the set, multiplying his experience and hats. He also founded a studio photowhere he creates portraits of his actor friends for their books. Then he published on YouTube a few demos – which can still be seen today – “just in case”. And here it was lucky: the casting director New wave, Stefan Batutfalls on him Seduced by the actor’s approach, which is both unconventional and attractive, he invites him to undergo a (long) audition process. After six months, he got this role. A man who did not even think about being an actor – it was the cinema profession “that scared him the most” – got the role Jean-Luc Godard for his first role. Holy leading role!