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The Beaches of Agnès
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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.
Director:
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Agnès Varda
Cast:
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Agnès Varda
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André Lubrano
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Blaise Fournier
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Vincent Fournier
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Stéphane Vilar
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Andrée Vilar

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Runtime:
110 min
Release date:
17 Dec 2008
Country:
FR
Languages:
French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
12 wins & 13 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
As evidenced in The Beaches of Agnes, Varda is too venerable to be hip -- and too wholly alive to be venerated.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
28 Jan 2010
fresh:
The Beaches of Agnes is a work of delightful contradictions from a filmmaker who has always played by her own rules.
– Chris Vognar,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Dec 2009
fresh:
Filmmakers don't usually do documentaries about themselves, but Agnes Varda's The Beaches of Agnes is good enough to start a trend.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
30 Oct 2009
fresh:
A puckish, moving and wonderfully eccentric tour through her life.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
4 Oct 2009
fresh:
Varda recalls her childhood, her adulthood, her politics, and how both her films and her two children were born. She doesn't just show us, she takes us inside of it all, inside of her. It's a reverie.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
1 Oct 2009
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