The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
17/12/2008
Documentary
1h 50m
- 77% (129 votes)
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Overview
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.
- Agnès VardaDirector, Writer
- Didier RougetWriter
Original Title
Les Plages d'Agnès
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Keywords
- family history
- old photograph
- woman director
- documentary
- experimental cinema
- experimental surrealism
- experimental film
- stock of memories
Top Billed Cast
Agnès Varda
Self
André Lubrano
Self
Blaise Fournier
Self
Vincent Fournier
Self
Andrée Vilar
Self
Stéphane Vilar
Self
Christophe Vilar
Self
Rosalie Varda
Self
Mathieu Demy
Self
Christophe Vallaux
Self
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