How the French Nouvelle Vague, a 1950s cinema trend by Truffaut, Godard, Resnais, Rivette, Chabrol, Varda, Demy, Rohmer & co influenced American cinema: Arthur Penn, Don Alan Pennebaker, Jerry Schatzberg, William Friedkin, Paul Schrader & James Gray reveal their fascination with French directors and explain how they provided them with more freedom and helped them to renew their creativity.