Her subsequent narrative debut, Saint Omer is a courtroom drama based on the case of Fabienne Kabou, a French woman of Senegalese descent charged with the drowning death of her 15-month-old daughter.

The story of “Aftersun” marks the end of an experience for its two main characters, Sophie (Frankie Corio) and Calum (Paul Mescal) — her childhood innocence and his ability to deflect the pressures of adulthood.

On March 16, 1960, Jean-Luc Godard’s À Bout de Souffle (Breathless in English) premiered in four Parisian theaters, showing the possibilities of what movies could do for a new, restless generation of filmmakers.

The New Wave director, who passed away at age 91, made over 70 features, documentaries, shorts and TV films, at least 20 of which are considered masterpieces by critics.