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A Balasaur Score of 83 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 93%, Metacritic 87/100. Scores higher than 88% of the 786 1960s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 30m. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic87/100
803 audience votes
Key crew
- Agnès VardaDirector
- Michel LegrandOriginal Music Composer
- Agnès VardaWriter
Cast
- Corinne MarchandFlorence 'Cléo' Victoire
- Antoine BourseillerAntoine
- Dominique DavrayAngèle
- Dorothée BlanckDorothée
- Michel LegrandBob, the Pianist
- José Luis de VilallongaJosé, Cléo's Lover
- Loye PayenIrma, the Fortune Teller
- Renée DuchateauThe Seller of Hats
- Lucienne MarchandThe Taxi Driver
- Serge KorberMaurice
- Robert PostecDocteur Valineau
- Jean-Luc GodardThe Man with Black Glasses / Actor in Silent Film
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Themes
individualparis, francesingercancerblack and whitewoman directorday in a lifealgerian war (1954-62)
The Best Movies of 1962
Cléo from 5 to 7 is #12 of 59
