Cléo De 5 À 7 - English subtitled
Two hours from the life of singer Cléo as she anxiously awaits the results of a medical test. This magnificent near real-time film is Agnès Varda’s most well-known feature and considered part of the French nouvelle vague canon.
Following Cléo, a coquettish cabaret singer, as she wanders the streets of Paris while awaiting the possibly dire results of a cancer test, Varda traces the inner growth of her female protagonist from constructed feminine ideal to more fully realized person over the course of an eventful afternoon. Featuring cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina, CLÉO DE 5 À 7 at once vividly captures the era in which it was made while continuing to resonate over time.
Agnès Varda, France, 1962, 90 min. French spoken, English subtitles.
With Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blanck, Michel Legrand.