French New Wave

French new wave is an example of European art cinema.

It is "La Nouvelle Vague" in french. It was a blanket term from film critics for a group film makers of the late 1950s-60s.

They normally reject films from literary period pieces made in France and written by novelist.

Their works are more often documentary types. Shooting local situations and less editing.
Their films contain direct sounds from the scene that requires less light. Its techniques are fragmented, long takes and most of the time, discontinuous editing.

Breathless (French: À bout de souffle; literally "at breath's end") is directed by Jean-Luc Godard in 1960, it's his first feature-length movie and one of the earliest, most influential film in the French New Wave. It became a big hit for its bold visual style and their innovative use of jump cuts.