The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
Overview
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.
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| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 0.7034 |
Directed By
Agnès Varda
Crew
Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda
Arlene Nelson
Agnès Varda
Alain Sakot
Hélène Louvart
Julia Fabry
Lisa Blok-Linson
Cecilia Rose
Tom Taplin
Agnès Varda
Jean-Baptiste Morin
Didier Rouget
Benjamin Blanc
Marjolaine Grandjean
Julia Fabry
alexis bret
Olivier Goinard
Pierre Mertens
sylvain philipon
Emmanuel Soland
Emmanuel Soland
James Thornton
David S. Bouza
Aram Aramyan
Baptiste Filloux
Frédéric Serve
Valentin Vignet
Jean-Baptiste Morin
Baptiste Filloux
Joanna Bruzdowicz
Stéphane Vilar
Franckie Diago
Olivier Schwob
Pierre Mertens
Frédéric Maury
TOP CAST
Agnès Varda
Self
André Lubrano
Self
Blaise Fournier
Self
Vincent Fournier
Self
Andrée Vilar
Self
Stéphane Vilar
Self
Christophe Vilar
Self
Rosalie Varda
Self
Mathieu Demy
Self
Christophe Vallaux
Self
Mireille Henrio
Self
Didier Rouget
Self
Anne-Laure Manceau
Agnès Varda jeune
Gerald Ayres
Self
Jim McBride
Self
Tracy McBride
Self
Zalman King
Self
Richard Scarry
Self
Eugene Kotlyarenko
Self
Laura Betti
Self (archive footage)
Jane Birkin
Self/La croupière
Sandrine Bonnaire
Self (archive footage)
Antoine Bourseiller
Self (archive footage)
Nino Castelnuovo
Self (archive footage)
Robert De Niro
Self (archive footage)
Constantin Demy
Self
Jacques Demy
Self (archive footage)
Joséphine Demy
Self
Catherine Deneuve
Self (archive footage)
Gérard Depardieu
Le beatnik (archive footage)
France Dougnac
Self (archive footage)
Harrison Ford
Self (archive footage)
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Self (archive footage)
Serge Gainsbourg
Self (archive footage)
Julie Gayet
Self (archive footage)
Emilien Lazaron
Self
Michel Legrand
Self (archive footage)
Valérie Mairesse
Self (archive footage)
Sabine Mamou
Self (archive footage)
Corinne Marchand
Self (archive footage)
Chris Marker
Self (archive footage)
Silvia Monfort
Self (archive footage)
Yolande Moreau
Self - racontant un souvenir d'enfance d'Agnès Varda
Jim Morrison
Self (archive footage)
Philippe Noiret
Self (archive footage)
Michel Piccoli
Self (archive footage)
James Rado
Self (archive footage)
Gerome Ragni
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Raiss
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