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T’as de beaux escaliers, tu sais

5 Minutes or Less • 3m 48s

Directed by Agnès Varda • 1986 • France
Starring Isabelle Adjani

Isabelle Adjani narrates an architectural tribute to the Cinémathèque française on its fiftieth anniversary.

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