The French New Wave: An Artistic School is a lively introduction to this critical moment in film history by one of the worlda s leading scholars on the New Wave. * Provides a concise account of the French New Wave by one of the worlda s leading film scholars. * Outlines the essential traits of the New Wave and defines it as a school that changed international film history forever. * Includes a chronology of major political and cultural events of the New Wave, black--and--white images, and an extensive bibliography.