SYNOPSIS: The great Agnès Varda’s film career began with this graceful, penetrating study of a marriage on the rocks, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. Both a stylized depiction of the complicated relationship between a married couple (played by Silvia Monfort and Philippe Noiret) and a documentary-like look at the daily struggles of the locals, Varda’s discursive, gorgeously filmed debut was radical enough to later be considered one of the progenitors of the coming French New Wave.
| Him | Philippe Noiret |
| Her | Silvia Monfort |
| Director | Agnès Varda |
| Written and directed by | Agnès Varda and the inhabitants of La Pointe Courte |
| Editing | Alain Resnais |
| Music | Pierre Barbaud |
| Sound editing | Robert Lion |
| Technical advisor | Carlos Villardebo |
By January 21, 2008
In September 1997, I saw Agnès Varda introduce a brand-new 35 mm print of her first feature film, La Pointe Courte (made in 1954), to Read more »
October 23, 2009
Sheila Heti of the Believer had a chance to talk to Agnès Varda during the Toronto International Film Festival—or rather, a chance to be one of a group of reporters Read more »
July 02, 2009
This week, Agnès Varda’s beguiling new film, the autobiographical documentary The Beaches of Agnès, makes its U.S. premiere at New York’s Film Forum, and for the occasion Read more »
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