Nouvelle Vague (English: New Wave) is a 1990 French film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard.

It follows the story of hitchhiker Lennox (Alain Delon) credited as Lui (He), taken in by a wealthy industrialist, Elena Torlato-Favrini or Elle (She), played by Domiziana Giordano.

At the film's opening, Elena goes for a drive by herself and encounters Roger Lennox (his last name taken from The Long Goodbye), an apparent drifter.

Elena's trajectory is brought to an abrupt halt as she stops to help Roger, who has evidently been forced off the road by a truck and is severely incapacitated.

After a series of episodes in which both members of the couple express dissatisfaction with the other and together ruminate on regret, Elena decides to take a motorboat across the lake to visit some friends.

Roger obediently drives the boat and stops when Elena wants to get in the water, but refuses to join her, citing his inability to swim.

Now it is Lennox who decides to take the boat out (this time a rowboat) and it is Elena who falls into the water, apparently unable to swim.

Godard scholars like David Sterritt, Kaja Silverman, and Harun Farocki have identified other themes in the film.

Kaja Silverman and Harun Farocki likewise devote an entire chapter to the film in their Speaking About Godard.