Dans Viva Varda!, Pierre-Henri Gibert remonte avec passion le fil de la carrière singulière d’Agnès Varda pour rappeler à quel point, cette personnalité aussi âpre que généreuse du cinéma, profondément féministe, a su prendre son destin en main pour tracer son chemin en s’affranchissant des diktats de son époque. Jusqu’à devenir un modèle.

Agnès Varda travels around the world to meet friends, artists and filmmakers for an expansive view of the global contemporary art scene.

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.”

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.