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Varda by Agnès

Horizons 2019 / Varda par Agnès / France 2019

In this documentary, which was to be her last, the celebrated pioneer of the French New Wave demonstrates her distinctive flair as she takes us back to the sets of some of her best known films and brings to light her working methods and lifelong attitudes towards cinema and much else besides.

Varda by Agnès Varda by Agnès

Synopsis

Inspiration, creation, sharing – these are the principles underlying the work of Agnès Varda as defined by the famous director herself in her last, acclaimed documentary, which screened at the Berlinale. Facing the auditorium, the pioneer of the French New Wave takes us back to the sets of some of her previous pictures, which, from the mid-20th century onwards, secured her a leading position in world cinema. Her testimony is accompanied by those of erstwhile colleagues, such as Sandrine Bonnaire, whom she cast in a breakthrough role in Vagabond (Golden Lion, Venice 1985). The segment devoted to her digital period (2000-2018), where Varda discusses her working methods, develops into an inspired lesson in film and in the concept of artistic commitment, both on and off-screen.

Eva Zaoralová (2012)

About the film

115 min / Color, DCP

Director Agnès Varda / Screenplay Agnès Varda / Dir. of Photography François Décréau, Claire Duguet, Julia Fabry / Editor Agnès Varda, Nicolas Longinotti / Art Director Julia Fabry / Producer Rosalie Varda / Production Ciné-Tamaris / Coproduction HBB26, Scarlett Production, mk2 Films, Ciné+ / Sales mk2 Films

About the director

Agnès Varda

Agnès Varda (b. 1928, Ixelles, Brussels – 2019, Paris). Selected filmography: Cléo from 5 to 7 (1961), Happiness (1965), One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (1976), Vagabond (1985), Jacquot de Nantes (1990), The Gleaners and I (2000, doc.), The Beaches of Agnès (2008, doc.), Faces Places (2017, doc.)

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