Nouvelle Vague: there is undeniable respect and affection in Richard Linklater’s account of Jean-Luc Godard’s shoot of Breathless, most clearly in the choice to have the present film resemble visually the original work (cinematographer David Chambille shot in black-and-white; the images are grainy and beautiful). But it is one thing to tell and one thing to show: Breathless is generally revered for its revolutionary language, but this is a linear affair, and for the uninitiated, it’s impossible to see why the famous work became so famous. Godard is portrayed as self-centered, acid, prone to endless quotations, and voluntarist, but the step from that to his film is nowhere to be seen. Guillaume Marbeck portrays him quite well and looks credible as the man; Zoey Deutch plays Jean Seberg, charming but generally unsure of the methods she is subjected to; Aubry Dullin is easygoing as Jean-Paul Belmondo. Editor Catherine Schwartz keeps the pace pleasurable and easy to follow with the introduction of all relevant players. In any case, this is fluffly like a soufflé.