Live stream preview

Watch this video and more on The Criterion Channel

Watch this video and more on The Criterion Channel

Start your free trial

Already subscribed? Sign in

French New Wave Shorts

Ô saisons, ô châteaux

21m

Directed by Agnès Varda • 1958 • France
Starring Danièle Delorme

Made early in Agnès Varda’s career, this lushly shot Eastmancolor short was commissioned by the national tourism board to promote the medieval castles of the Loire Valley region. It deviates from the standard travelogue format by making room for witty asides, lyrical montage, and the filmmaker’s abiding interest in everyday working-class people.

Up Next in French New Wave Shorts

  • Ars
    16:47
    Ars

    Ars

    Directed by Jacques Demy • 1959 • France

    The following 1959 short by Jacques Demy tells the story of Jean-Marie Baptiste Vianney, the strict and pious pastor of the village of Ars.

  • Charlotte et son Jules
    12:58
    Charlotte et son Jules

    Charlotte et son Jules

    Directed by Jean-Luc Godard • 1959 • France

    A jilted man rants at his mostly silent former lover.

  • Antoine and Colette
    30:39
    Antoine and Colette

    Antoine and Colette

    Directed by François Truffaut • 1962 • France

    This short film is the first segment of five in the multinational feature Love at Twenty (1962), all five segments on the theme of first adult love. After indulging in much delinquency in his youth, seventeen-year-old Antoine Doinel, having been prov...

×