The legendary director Agnès Varda's career in cinema began at the age of 26 with La Pointe Courte, a study of a failing marriage on the Mediterranean coast. A man decides to spend a holiday in his childhood town of Sete to share his childhood memories and landscapes with his wife. The distance between the spouses leaves them blind to the concerns of the locals. With its stylised depiction of relationships, its documentary look at the Mediterranean population, Varda's debut film laid the foundations for the French New Wave with its radical aesthetic.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 20 min.
- Country, year
- France, 1955
- Genre
- Drama, Romance
- Language
- French
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Agnès Varda
- Screenplay
- Agnès Varda
- Cinematography
- Louis Soulanes, Paul Soulignac, Louis Stein
- Music
- Pierre Barbaud
- Cast
- Philippe Noiret, Silvia Monfort, Marcel Jouet, Albert Lubrano, Anna Banegas
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Director
Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda was a director, screenwriter, artist and one of the most important members of the French New Wave, who won awards at all the world's major film festivals. Varda passed away in 2019. Scanorama screened her last film Faces Places, co-created with artist JR.
