Cléo De 5 À 7 - English subtitled
An intimate nouvelle vague classic by Agnès Varda (Visages Villages) in which we follow two hours in the life of a young singer who wanders around Paris while waiting for the results of a cancer test.
Lumière Classics
This magnificent near real-time film is one of Agnès Varda’s most well-known features. 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.