Cork French Film Festival 2012
The Beaches of Agnès*
Les plages d'Agnès
*Q&A with director Agnès Varda
Weaving photography, archive footage, scenes from her own films and present day sequences, Varda takes us on a memorable voyage through her life, during which she confronts the joy of creation and the pain of personal loss, death and ageing.
18:30 Mon 07 March, 2011 @ The Gate Cinema
2009
107mins
DCP
French (English subtitles)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Starring Agnès Varda, Mathieu Demy
It is a singular trip played out against the stirring backdrop of the post-war explosion of cultural expression in France. She knew everyone: the French new wave set (she was married to Jacques Demy), the Black Panthers in California and even Jim Morrison who used to visit her in Paris. Idiosyncratic, engaging and deeply moving, The Beaches of Agnès is a richly cinematic self- portrait, a reflection on art, life and the movies.