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Agnès Varda
Pioneering a personal, playful cinema through Cléo from 5 to 7, Vagabond and The Gleaners and I.
Cléo from 5 to 7 · Vagabond
- Born
- 30 May 1928
- Birthplace
- Ixelles, Belgium
- Died
- 29 March 2019
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Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda moved freely between fiction, documentary, photography and installation art, often foregrounding people outside the spotlight.
Early life
War and relocation
Her family left Belgium for Sète in southern France during World War II.
Photographic training
Studied photography and worked for the Théâtre National Populaire.
Career
- 1955
Independent debut
Made La Pointe Courte before the French New Wave emerged.
- 1962
Paris in real time
Cléo from 5 to 7 established her international reputation.
- 1985
Venice recognition
Vagabond won the Golden Lion.
- 2000s–2010s
Digital documentaries
Made intimate essays and collaborated with artist JR on Faces Places.
Selected work
Cléo from 5 to 7
A singer waits for medical results while wandering Paris.
Vagabond
Fragments reconstruct a young drifter's final weeks.
The Gleaners and I
People collect what others discard, while Varda reflects on her own life.
Beyond work
Women's rights
Signed the 1971 Manifesto of the 343 supporting abortion rights.
Family and memory
Made films about her husband, filmmaker Jacques Demy, after his death.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Cannes: films and awards ↗Photo: Martin Kraft. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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