The Films of Agnès Varda
2 Seasons
A founder of the French New Wave who became an international art-house icon, Agnès Varda was a fiercely independent, restlessly curious visionary whose work was at once personal and passionately committed to the world around her. In an abundant career in which she never stopped expanding the notion of what a movie can be, Varda forged a unique cinematic vocabulary that frequently blurs the boundaries between narrative and documentary, and entwines loving portraits of her friends, her family, and her own inner world with a social consciousness that was closely attuned to the 1960s counterculture, the women’s liberation movement, the plight of the poor and socially marginalized, and the ecology of our planet. This comprehensive collection is a testament to the radical vision, boundless imagination, and radiant spirit of a true original for whom every act of creation was a vital expression of her very being.
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1:20:07Episode 1Kung-Fu Master!
Episode 1
Directed by Agnès Varda • 1988 • France
Starring Jane Birkin, Mathieu Demy, Charlotte GainsbourgMade concurrently with Agnès Varda’s portrait of Jane Birkin, JANE B. PAR AGNÈS V., KUNG-FU MASTER! is a true family affair, achieving a sense of of lived-in intimacy by casting the actor’s real-life...
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1:38:52Episode 2Jane B. par Agnès V.
Episode 2
Directed by Agnès Varda • 1988 • France
Starring Jane Birkin, Agnès Varda, Charlotte GainsbourgThe interests, obsessions, and fantasies of two singular artists converge in this inspired collaboration between Agnès Varda and her longtime friend the actor Jane Birkin. Made over the course of a ye...
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1:59:49Episode 3Jacquot de Nantes
Episode 3
Directed by Agnès Varda • 1991 • France
Starring Philippe Maron, Édouard Joubeaud, Laurent MonnierAgnès Varda’s tender evocation of the childhood of her husband, Jacques Demy—a dream project that she realized for him when he became too ill to direct it himself—is a wonder-filled portrait of the...
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1:06:57Episode 4The Young Girls Turn 25
Episode 4
Directed by Agnès Varda • 1993 • France
For this documentary about the making of THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT, filmmaker Agnès Varda, director Jacques Demy’s widow, returned to the town of Rochefort for the film’s twenty-fifth anniversary. In it, she interviews actors Catherine Deneuve, Jacque...
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1:31:49Episode 5The World of Jacques Demy
Episode 5
Directed by Agnès Varda • 1995 • France, Belgium, Spain
Hollywood has had its fair share of power couples; husband and wife duos that have each enjoyed illustrious careers in the film industry. In France, one of the most noteworthy marital unions occurred when Jacques Demy and Agnès Varda tied...
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1:45:15Episode 6One Hundred and One Nights
Episode 6
Directed by Agnès Varda • 1995 • France
Starring Michel Piccoli, Marcello Mastroianni, Henri GarcinA celebration of cinema’s centennial, ONE HUNDRED AND ONE NIGHTS finds Agnès Varda at her most playful. It is also perhaps her unlikeliest project: a star-studded comic fantasy with an extravagant...
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1:22:32Episode 7The Gleaners and I
Episode 7
Directed by Agnès Varda • 2000 • France
Starring Agnès VardaAgnès Varda’s extraordinary late-career renaissance began with this wonderfully idiosyncratic, self-reflexive documentary in which the French cinema icon explores the world of modern-day gleaners: those living on the margins who surviv...
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1:02:37Episode 8The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later
Episode 8
Directed by Agnès Varda • 2002 • France
Starring Agnès VardaAgnès Varda’s charming follow-up to her acclaimed documentary THE GLEANERS AND I is a deceptively unassuming grace note that takes us deeper into the world of those who find purpose and beauty in the refuse of society. Revisiting many ...
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11:52Episode 9Le lion volatil
Episode 9
Directed by Agnès Varda • 2003 • France
Starring Julie Depardieu, David Deciron, Frédérick E. Grasser-HerméRom-com meets documentary in this charming hybrid that unfolds in the shadow of the regal Lion of Belfort, the sculptural mascot of Paris’s 14th arrondissement, where Agnès Varda lived mos...
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43:00Episode 10Ydessa, les ours et etc. . . .
Episode 10
Directed by Agnès Varda • 2004 • France
Starring Ydessa HendelesAgnès Varda’s lifelong interest in still portraiture informs this record of a provocative Munich exhibition by the artist Ydessa Hendeles that contemplates our need for nostalgia and comfort in a violent world through an assemblage...
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1:52:44Episode 11The Beaches of Agnès
Episode 11
Directed by Agnès Varda • 2008 • France
Starring Agnès Varda“If we opened people up, we’d find landscapes. If we opened me up, we’d find beaches.” Originally intended to be Agnès Varda’s farewell to filmmaking, this enchanting auto-portrait, made in her eightieth year, is a freewheeling journey...
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47:34Episode 12AGNÈS DE CI DE LÀ VARDA: Episode 1
Episode 12
Directed by Agnès Varda • 2011 • France
Starring Agnès VardaA freewheeling travelogue, a kaleidoscopic survey of the contemporary art scene, and a loving ode to creativity in all its forms, this five-part miniseries by the inimitable Agnès Varda takes us on a journey of discovery as she travels...
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48:00Episode 13AGNÈS DE CI DE LÀ VARDA: Episode 2
Episode 13
Directed by Agnès Varda • 2011 • France
Starring Agnès VardaA freewheeling travelogue, a kaleidoscopic survey of the contemporary art scene, and a loving ode to creativity in all its forms, this five-part miniseries by the inimitable Agnès Varda takes us on a journey of discovery as she travels...
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47:17Episode 14AGNÈS DE CI DE LÀ VARDA: Episode 3
Episode 14
Directed by Agnès Varda • 2011 • France
Starring Agnès VardaA freewheeling travelogue, a kaleidoscopic survey of the contemporary art scene, and a loving ode to creativity in all its forms, this five-part miniseries by the inimitable Agnès Varda takes us on a journey of discovery as she travels...
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47:41Episode 15AGNÈS DE CI DE LÀ VARDA: Episode 4
Episode 15
Directed by Agnès Varda • 2011 • France
Starring Agnès VardaA freewheeling travelogue, a kaleidoscopic survey of the contemporary art scene, and a loving ode to creativity in all its forms, this five-part miniseries by the inimitable Agnès Varda takes us on a journey of discovery as she travels...
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47:12Episode 16AGNÈS DE CI DE LÀ VARDA: Episode 5
Episode 16
Directed by Agnès Varda • 2011 • France
Starring Agnès VardaA freewheeling travelogue, a kaleidoscopic survey of the contemporary art scene, and a loving ode to creativity in all its forms, this five-part miniseries by the inimitable Agnès Varda takes us on a journey of discovery as she travels...
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11:35Episode 17Les 3 boutons
Episode 17
Directed by Agnès Varda • 2015 • France
Starring Jasmine Thiré, Michel Jeannès, Jacky PatinA billowing pink dress launches a stouthearted teenage girl on a time- and space-collapsing odyssey from her humble goat farm to the big city and beyond in this playfully meandering feminist fantasia from...
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2:00:06Episode 18Varda by Agnès
Episode 18
Directed by Agnès Varda • 2019 • France
Starring Agnès VardaThe final film from the late, beloved Agnès Varda is a characteristically playful, profound, and personal summation of the director’s own brilliant career. At once impish and wise, Varda acts as our spirit guide on a free-associative t...