La Pointe-Courte

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.

La Pointe-Courte

1956
80mins
35mm
French (English subtitles)

Directed by
Starring ,

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 is now considered the film that heralded the French New Wave.

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