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The Films of Agnès Varda

Réponse de femmes

9m 2s

Directed by Agnès Varda • 1975 • France
Starring Agnès Varda

This 1975 short film by Agnès Varda was commissioned by the French television channel Antenne 2, which asked seven female filmmakers each to make a film in response to the question “What is a woman?”

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