The Beaches of Agnès (2008)

★ 7.7 1h 50m 139 votes IMDb
Documentary

Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.

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Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda as Self Died 2019 · Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium Agnès Varda (May 30, 1928 – March 29, 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director and professor at the European Graduate School. Her films, photographs, and art installations focus on documentary re...
Rosalie Varda
Rosalie Varda as Self Age 67 · Paris, France Rosalie Varda is a costume designer, producer and actress. She is also the daughter of actor Antoine Bourseiller and director Agnès Varda. She was legally adopted by director Jacques Demy and became h...
Mathieu Demy
Mathieu Demy as Self Age 53 · Paris, France Mathieu Demy is a French filmmaker and actor. He is the son of renowned filmmakers Jacques Demy and Agnès Varda. Demy has directed several acclaimed films, including "Americano" (2011), "Lola Pater" (...
Jim McBride
Jim McBride as Self Age 84 · New York City, New York, USA Jim McBride is an American television and film director, film producer and screenwriter. Richard Brody, writing for The New Yorker, named McBride as one of the twelve greatest living narrative filmma...
Patricia Louisianna Knop
Patricia Louisianna Knop as Self Died 2019 · Muskegon, Michigan, USA Patricia Louisianna Knop was a producer and writer, known for 9½ Weeks (1986), Wild Orchid (1989) and Siesta (1987) and The Red Shoe Diaries television series. She was married to writer-director-actor...
Director Agnès Varda
Cast Agnès Varda, André Lubrano, Blaise Fournier, Vincent Fournier, Andrée Vilar, Stéphane Vilar, Christophe Vilar, Rosalie Varda, Mathieu Demy, Christophe Vallaux

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