Synopsis
An in-depth analysis of the relationship between New Wave pioneers François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, as seen through rare archival footage, interviews, and film excerpts — written and narrated by former Cahiers du Cinéma editor Antoine de Baecque.
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Cast
- Jean-Luc GodardSelf (archive footage)
- François TruffautSelf (archive footage)
- Antoine de BaecqueNarrator (voice)
- Isild Le BescoSelf
Recommendations
- 90
The New York Times
Two in the Wave honors that collaboration by carefully recounting its details and arguing for its significance. The films of Truffaut and Mr. Godard stand or fall by themselves, but together they made history. - 80
New York Daily News
For the uninitiated, this fun French documentary detailing the camaraderie and division between filmmakers François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard reveals a time when "the cinema" was something to get excited about and literally fight over. - 75
Boston Globe
The documentary is primarily a work of whimsy. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
While the film clips are well chosen, it's disappointing that the director often fails to identify the movies from which they are taken. - 60
Empire
Laurent's brushstrokes always feel a little too broad to capture the finer details of the legendary New Wavers, but some fascinating archive footage saves his documentary from missing the mark altogether. - 50
Boxoffice Magazine
It's certainly a story worth telling, but hardly as pivotal and all-encompassing as they would like to believe, all of which makes the effort far more exhausting than it ever should have been. - 50
Variety
The demoralizing slide of the relationship between Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, from artistic comrades-in-arms during the thrilling creation of the nouvelle vague to name-calling enemies from the early '70s onward, is charted in overly academic and constricted fashion in Two in the Wave. - 50
New York Post
An interesting but flawed look at the birth of the French New Wave.
