Synopsis
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic86/100
147 audience votes
Key crew
- Agnès VardaWriter
- Agnès VardaDirector
- Didier RougetWriter
- Joanna BruzdowiczOriginal Music Composer
- Stéphane VilarOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Agnès VardaSelf
- André LubranoSelf
- Blaise FournierSelf
- Vincent FournierSelf
- Andrée VilarSelf
- Stéphane VilarSelf
- Christophe VilarSelf
- Rosalie VardaSelf
- Mathieu DemySelf
- Christophe VallauxSelf
- Mireille HenrioSelf
- Didier RougetSelf
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Themes
family historyold photographwoman directordocumentaryexperimental cinemaexperimental surrealismexperimental filmstock of memories