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    Varda By Agnès

    Directed by Agnès Varda
    France/Germany | 126 minutes | Modern Masters

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    Varda By Agnès

    Directed by Agnès Varda
    France/Germany | 126 minutes | Modern Masters

  • View Trailer

    Varda By Agnès

    Directed by Agnès Varda
    France/Germany | 126 minutes | Modern Masters

  • View Trailer

    Varda By Agnès

    Directed by Agnès Varda
    France/Germany | 126 minutes | Modern Masters

  • View Trailer

    Varda By Agnès

    Directed by Agnès Varda
    France/Germany | 126 minutes | Modern Masters

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    Varda By Agnès

    Directed by Agnès Varda
    France/Germany | 126 minutes | Modern Masters

Agnès Varda left us with this buoyant last testament, in which the playful, ever-curious 90-year-old icon of French cinema looks back on her life and work. Generously filled with film clips and scenes of Varda at work and play, it’s the fondest of farewells from a cinematic pioneer.

film synopsis

As a final gift to her fans, Agnès Varda has left us this buoyant last testament, a two-hour self portrait in which the spritely 90-year-old godmother of the French New Wave looks back on her life and work. Seated before an audience in a Paris opera house, she charms us with stories about her inspirations, her technique, her politics and her late husband Jacques Demy. We are treated to generous clips that range from her early breakthrough, Cleo from 5 to 7, to fascinating stories about the making of Vagabond with Sandrine Bonnaire, to her sojourns in 1960s L.A., to the great personal documentaries The Gleaners and I and Faces Places and her late work as a visual artist. If you don’t know Varda’s work, this playful, inventive film is a perfect introduction. To those who love and revere her, it's the fondest of farewells.

film details

Director: Agnès Varda
Producers: Rosalie Varda
Screenwriter: Didier Rouget, Agnès Varda
Cinematographers: Claire Duguet, François Décréau, Julia Fabry
Editor: Nicolas Longinotti, Agnès Varda
Original Language Title: Varda par Agnès
Country: France/Germany
Language: in French and German with English subtitles
Year: 2019
Running Time: 126 minutes
Director Filmography: Faces Places (2017), The Beaches of Agnes (2008), The Gleaners and I (2000), Vagabond (1985), Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Primary Company: Janus Films

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2020 Film Festival