Agnès Varda — Director (44)
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Mur Murs (1981)
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阿涅斯·瓦尔达 actor: Juliet Berto / Judy Baca …
other title: Mur murs / 墙的呢喃 …
Venturing from Venice Beach to Watts, Varda looks at the murals of LA as backdrop to and mirror of the city’s many cultures. She casts a curious eye on graffiti and photorealism, roller disco & gang violence, evangelical Christians, Hare Krishnas, artists, angels and ordinary Angelenos.
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Lions Love (1969)
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Agnès Varda actor: Viva / James Rado …
Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood.
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The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
Les Plages d'Agnès
★ 9.2 5 ratings
Agnès Varda actor: Agnès Varda / André Lubrano …
other title: As Praias de Agnès / Die Strände von Agnès …
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.
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Elsa the Rose (1966)
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Agnès Varda actor: Louis Aragon / Elsa Triolet …
other title: Elsa la rose
Images and poems of the celebrated couple Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet. Elsa’s youth as recalled by Aragon, with commentary by Elsa.
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Happiness (1965)
Le Bonheur
★ 7.9 7 ratings
Agnès Varda actor: Jean-Claude Drouot / Claire Drouot …
other title: Il verde prato dell'amore / Lykken …
Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse, young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker. One of Agnès Varda's most provocative films, 'Le bonheur' examines, with a deceptively cheery palette and the spirited strains of Mozart, the ideas of fidelity and happiness in a modern, self-centered world.
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One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977)
L'une chante, l'autre pas
★ 9.0 5 ratings
Agnès Varda actor: Thérèse Liotard / Valérie Mairesse …
other title: Die eine singt, die andere nicht / L'une chante, l'autre pas …
The intertwined lives of two women in 1970s France, set against the progress of the women's movement in which Agnes Varda was involved. Pomme and Suzanne meet when Pomme helps Suzanne obtain an abortion after a third pregnancy which she cannot afford. They lose contact but meet again ten years later. Pomme has become an unconventional singer, Suzanne a serious community worker - despite the contrast they remain friends and share in the various dramas of each others' lives, in the process affirming their different female identities.
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You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know... (1986)
T'as de beaux escaliers, tu sais...
阿涅斯·瓦尔达 actor: Isabelle Adjani / 阿涅斯·瓦尔达
other title: T'as de beaux escaliers, tu sais... / 你知道，你的楼梯很漂亮 …
Short directed by Agnès Varda in 1986 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the French Cinematheque, presenting a contrast between the famous stairs from the place along with classic film images also revolving around stairs.
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Fiancés on the Bridge (1961)
Les fiancés du pont Mac Donald ou (Méfiez-vous des lunettes noires)
Agnès Varda actor: Anna Karina / Jean-Luc Godard …
other title: Die Verliebten von Pont Mac Donald / Les Fiancés du pont Mac Donald …
A subtitle warns, "beware of dark sunglasses." Anna and her lover, whose looks in bowler and bow tie are reminiscent of a young Buster Keaton, kiss chastely on a bridge overlooking the Seine. He dons sunglasses and waves as she runs down a stairway to the river's edge, then watches in horror as she's knocked flat and loaded into the back of a hearse. In vain, he gives chase. Disconsolate, he buys a large funeral wreath and a handkerchief from sympathetic vendors. He removes the glasses to wipe his eyes and realizes they are the cause of all his woe. He replays the farewell without the glasses.
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Hello Cubans (1964)
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阿涅斯·瓦尔达 actor: 米歇尔·皮科利 / 内尔松·罗德里格斯 …
other title: 向古巴人致意 / Salut Les Cubains …
A photo montage of Cubans filmed by Agnès Varda during her visit to Cuba in 1963, four years after Fidel Castro came to power. This black & white documentary explores their socialist culture and society while making use of 1500 pictures (out of 4000!) the filmmaker took while on the island.
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The Little Story of Gwen from French Brittany (2008)
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阿涅斯·瓦尔达 actor: 格温·德格利斯 / 阿涅斯·瓦尔达
other title: La petite histoire de Gwen la bretonne / 来自法国布列塔尼的格温的小故事 …
阿涅斯·瓦尔达去世一年多后的如今，她执导的一部纪录短片《来自法国布列塔尼的格温的小故事》(The Little Story of Gwen From French Brittany)在网络发布，记录一个法国女孩独自前往美国洛杉矶，“加州梦想”故事之一↓来自非营利组织American Cinematheque，他们在近期加强了在线分享。
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Les 3 boutons (2015)
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阿涅斯·瓦尔达 actor: Jasmine Thiré / Michel Jeannès …
other title: 三颗纽扣 / Les 3 Boutons
Appropriately, her own 14th arrondissement (specifically Rue Daguerre) is a source of pleasure for the protagonist (Jasmine Thiré) and viewer, having been photographed carefully, beautifully, and lovingly. The first word that this all brought to mind way “playful,” and I’m pleased that my simple descriptor is something Varda would consider appropriate. Says her, “It’s playing a game with reality. The game is called cinema.”
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In Chris Marker's Studio (2011)
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阿涅斯·瓦尔达 actor: 阿涅斯·瓦尔达 / 克里斯·马克
other title: Dans l'atelier de Chris Marker / 在克里斯·马克的工作室
A rare and beautiful moment in cinema where two friends — who happen to be pioneering, legendary filmmakers from the French New Wave — meet in real life and in a virtual world. In the film, which was shot at two points between 2009-2011, Agnès Varda visits Chris Marker in his studio, a few years before his passing. She admires his magnificent mess, snooping around for details that reveal “the hidden side of Marker’s work”: a labyrinth of wires and computer equipment, a collection of images, magazines, and books, and — of course — cats. The film takes on a wonderful surrealist turn when Varda creates an avatar to meet Marker’s avatar in the online virtual world of Second Life.
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Varda by Agnès (2019)
Varda par Agnès
Agnès Varda actor: Agnès Varda / Sandrine Bonnaire …
other title: Varda por Agnès / Varda par Agnès
An unpredictable documentary from a fascinating storyteller, Agnès Varda’s last film sheds light on her experience as a director, bringing a personal insight to what she calls "cine-writing," traveling from Rue Daguerre in Paris to Los Angeles and Beijing.
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Daguerréotypes (1975)
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Agnès Varda actor: Agnès Varda / Robert François …
other title: Daguerreotypen - Leute aus meiner Straße / Daguerrotipos …
An intimate portrait of the small shops and shopkeepers of the Rue Daguerre in Paris, a picturesque street that has been the filmmaker’s home for more than 50 years.
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The Gleaners and I (2000)
Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse
★ 8.5 8 ratings
Agnès Varda actor: Bodan Litnanski / Agnès Varda …
other title: La vita è un raccolto / Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse …
Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris, following those who insist on finding a use for that which society has cast off, whether out of necessity or activism.
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The Creatures (1966)
Les Créatures
Agnès Varda actor: 凯瑟琳·德纳芙 / 米歇尔·皮科利 …
other title: 创造物 / Les Créatures …
A young mute woman, living in a small village, is expecting a baby. Her husband is at the same time writing a novel and using the villagers as his characters. In the creative process, reality and imagination are constantly intertwined.