Varda – Merci, Agnès
Varda – Merci, Agnès
The iconic filmmaker created nearly 50 unforgettable features and shorts in her celebrated 60 year long career and not once did she abandon her playfulness, integrity, or commitment to the feminist movement. Merci, Agnès.
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VAGABOND
AGNÈS VARDA | FRANCE | 1985 | 105 MIN | NR | ENGLISH
March 2 | 2:00 & 7:00 PM /// March 12 | 4:00 & 7:00 PM
In 1985, Varda blended her now established documentary style with narrative storytelling to weave a fragmented journey of a mysterious young woman wandering the French countryside and her interactions with villagers along the way.
LE BONHEUR
AGNÈS VARDA | FRANCE | 1965 | 80 MIN | NR | FRENCH
March 13 | 4:00 & 7:00 PM /// March 17 | 6:00 PM
Varda’s most gorgeous, yet slyly spiteful, film finds a handsome young woodworker with a beautiful family finding new love in unexpected places. With the belief that his happiness can steer his beloved through these uncharted waters, what could go wrong?
In anticipation of her upcoming biography on Agnès Varda, “A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnès Varda”, legendary Philadelphia Film Critic, Carrie Rickey, will introduce the March 17th screening of LE BONHEUR and lead a post-screening discussion.
THE BEACHES OF AGNÈS
AGNÈS VARDA | FRANCE | 2008 | 112 MIN | NR | FRENCH, ENGLISH
March 17 | 3:30 PM /// March 18 | 4:00 & 7:00 PM
Originally intended to be her final film, the beaches of Varda’s youth emerge as a backdrop to the director’s autobiographical ode to her career and life, coated in poignant reflections and theatrical recreations.
VARDA BY AGNÈS
AGNÈS VARDA | FRANCE | 2019 | 119 MIN | NR | FRENCH, ENGLISH
March 17 | 1:00 PM /// March 20 | 4:00 & 7:00 PM
Varda’s final bittersweet film, released the year of her passing in 2019, finds the brilliant director reflecting upon her entire life, film career, and the world at large with the playfulness and wit you’d expect from one of the most beloved filmmakers to ever live.
LA POINTE COURTE
AGNÈS VARDA | FRANCE | 1955 | 80 MIN | NR | FRENCH
March 24 | 5:30 PM /// March 27 | 7:00 PM
Predating the international recognition of the French New Wave, Varda’s debut is a beautiful yet hard hitting examination of a couple’s marriage on the rocks as they ebb and flow amongst the populace of a small southern French village.