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Varda was the most-named director, with six different films on the list: The Beaches of Agnès, One Sings, the Other Doesn't, The Gleaners and I, Le Bonheur, Vagabond, and the number-two entry on the list, Cléo from 5 to 7.
This comprehensive collection places Varda’s filmography in the context of her parallel work as a photographer and multimedia artist—all of it a testament to the radical vision, boundless imagination, and radiant spirit of a true original for whom every act of creation was a vital expression of her very being.
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- 'Faces Places' (2017) Letterboxd Rating: 4.1/5.
- 'Black Panthers' (1968) Letterboxd Rating: 4.1/5. Varda's incredible short film of interviews, Black Panthers, is set during the summer of 1968 in Oakland, California.
- 'Vagabond' (1985) Letterboxd Rating: 4.1/5. Vagabond (original title: Sans toit ni loi) depicts the events that lead to the death of a young vagabond woman during the winter months in the south of France.
- 'Le bonheur' (1965) Letterboxd Rating: 4.1/5. This enthralling film follows François (Jean-Claude Drouot), a young carpenter who is married to beautiful Thérèse (Claire Drouot), with whom he shares two small children and lives an uncomplicated life.
Agnès Varda explores her memories, mostly chronologically, with photographs, film clips, interviews, reenactments, and droll, playful contemporary scenes of her narrating her story. Director Agnès Varda Stars Agnès Varda André Lubrano Blaise Fournier. 4. The Gleaners & I. 2000 1h 22m Not Rated. 7.7 (9K) Rate.
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- La Pointe Courte
- Cléo de 5 à 7
- Le Bonheur
- Les Créatures
- Daguerréotypes
- L'une Chante, L'autre Pas
- Sans Toit Ni Loi
- Jacquot de Nantes
- Les Plages d’Agnès
- Visages Villages
Varda’s career begin in when she transitioned from still photography to film with this study of a marriage gone to pot. Juxtaposing the struggles of a couple (Silvia Monfort and Philippe Noire) reconsidering their relationship with a docu-style realistic portrayal of the day-to-day trials and tribulations of the locals in the tiny fishing village i...
It’s arguable that in Corinne Marchand’s singer, drifting throughout Paris awaiting the results of a biopsy, Varda created the first cinematic rendering of a truly female gaze. Unfolding in real time (give or take thirty minutes), the director's first bona fide masterpiece charts Cléo’s coming to terms with her mortality in the blend of verité styl...
In this provocative tale of a young father, François (Jean-Claude Drouot) who engages in an extramarital affair with an attractive postal worker, Varda uses an unexpectedly blithe tone to make mock of and critique the self-centered, pleasure-seeking tendencies of men at the expense of their wives. RELATED: Hollywood's Irrational Fear of Female Dire...
Despite starring two of France’s biggest stars (Catherine Deneuve and Michel Piccoli) and landing smack dab in the middle of the New Wave, Varda’s fourth feature film was a failure upon release and is still underseen and appreciated--so much so that the director, herself later “recycled” it into a successful installation piece. Yet, this story of a...
In this documentary portrait of the shopkeepers in Rue Daguerre, Varda narrates a tour through the Paris neighborhood that was her home for over 50 years. As she observes and documents the traditional crafts and trades of the locals, she creates a sense of the joyously ephemeral in celebrating a way of life that has all but disappeared. RELATED: 10...
In some ways, this feature-length thesis and rallying cry is Varda’s most overtly feminist work, placing the fight for women’s rights center stage by following the lives of two friends (Thérèse Liotard and Valérie Mairesse) over the passage of fifteen years. Laid back and meandering, this gentle series of vignettes champions female agency and treat...
This dystopic meditation on freedom begins with the frostbitten body of a young drifter in a ditch (Sandrine Bonnaire) and then turns back the clock to piece together the events that lead to her death. RELATED: #OscarsSoMale Campaign Inspired by Lack of Female Director Nominees Recounted by a largely non-professional cast playing those who encounte...
Varda evokes her husband Jacques Demy’s formative years and celebrates his contributions to a cinema in this achingly personal tribute to a fellow filmmaker and life partner. A similarly underappreciated luminary of French cinema, Varda’s collage-like approach retells his childhood through fictional recreations and weaves in clips from his films an...
All good filmmakers’ work is a reflection of themselves, but Varda is one of the few cinematic artists whose body of work is truly an extensionof herself. Made at the age of 80, this inventive visual autobiography is warm, impactful silly, and fill with setpieces of whimsy and wonderment. For most artists, the notion of creating a documentary about...
This Oscar-nominated cross-generational road documentary sees Varda join the much-younger photographer “JR” on a road trip through rural France that’s soulful, wise, and the perfect send-off to her brand of artistry. As the duo traverses the countryside photographing locals, the themes that have always possessed Varda--populism, feminism, creativit...
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The Creatures. 1966 1h 32m Not Rated. 6.4 (1.3K) Rate. A young mute woman, living in a small village, is expecting a baby. Her husband is at the same time writing a novel and using the villagers as his characters. In the creative process, reality and imagination are constantly intertwined.
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Mar 29, 2019 · Agnès Varda (May 30, 1928 – March 29, 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director and professor at the European Graduate School. Her films, photographs, and art installations focus on documentary realism, feminist issues, and social commentary — with a distinct experimental style.
