Two in the Wave

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Two in the Wave

Released May 19, 2010

1h 31m

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Directors Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut enjoy a life-long friendship.

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Philip French

Guardian

It's a dramatic story, somewhat over-simplified, but accompanied by riveting archive material.

Feb 14, 2011

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

The early shots of young Laud's open, beaming face are desperately sad.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 10, 2011

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Sukhdev Sandhu

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Two in the Wave lacks those very qualities for which it applauds Truffaut and Godard: poetry, ideas and feistiness.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 10, 2011

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Sean Axmaker

Turner Classic Movies Online

... a loving tribute to the two artists whose names will forever be associated with the Nouvelle Vague and the friendship that bonded them for so many years.

Mar 25, 2011

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David Parkinson

Radio Times

A documentary that contains some exceptional clips and archive footage, but lacks consistency of focus and tone.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 10, 2011

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Carmen Gray

Total Film

Laurent probes the pair's stylistic and political differences and their friendship's collapse by letter exchange...

Rated: 3/5

Feb 7, 2011

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I thought this was a worthwhile documentary on 2 of the giants from French cinema. I knew a lot of the information already, but this documentation did add a few details and had quite a few clips. Worth a watch for fans.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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I really enjoyed watching this documentary about two directors I really admire. It is very inspiring.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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A selective glance at the French New Wave.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Two in the Wave seems to suggest that the New Wave was solely dependent on partners/rivals Godard and Truffaut. But, there is a great load of information that signifies the political and social impacts of filmmakers across the world. The film also seems to use and reuse excerpts from the same films over and over again.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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walter m

The best parts of the otherwise forgettable documentary "Two in the Wave" are the older footage and interviews with Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut, in trying to explore their influences and films, as they encouraged each other and occasionally worked together in the 1960's. Sadly, there is little new material of interest here for us students of film and almost no current interviews.(Admittedly, I had never heard of "Les Carabiniers" before this.) And as easy as Isild Le Besco is on the eyes, I'm not that sure what she is supposed to be doing here. To be honest, I don't think I would recommend this documentary to the uninitiated, either, as it takes a simplistic view towards the friendship between Godard and Truffaut and their films. For example, Truffaut who is depicted as being totally apolitical did make an adaptation of "Fahrenheit 451."(I read the book but never saw the movie.) By comparison, Godard was off the deep end politically early on with "Le Petit Soldat" which marks the first appearance of the Little Red Book in his films. Well, he did say that he wanted to alienate his audience...but he probably did not need radical politics to do so, and that might not be the only reason for the split with his former collaborator.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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This is a good and enlightening documentary about two intriguing film makers.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Emmanuel Laurent

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Jean-Pierre Léaud

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Synopsis

Directors Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut enjoy a life-long friendship.

Director: Emmanuel Laurent
Producer: Emmanuel Laurent
Screenwriter: Antoine de Baecque
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): May 19, 2010, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 20, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $28.8K
Runtime: 1h 31m

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