Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962) Cléo de 5 à 7 (original title)

Director:

Agnès Varda

Writer:

Agnès Varda

Release Date:

1962 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Music

Plot:

This movie shows us Cléo, a French singer, who is afraid of getting the result of of a test from her doctor...

Plot Keywords:

Singer | Soldier | Cancer | Fortune Teller | Model

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Corinne Marchand	...	Florence, 'Cléo Victoire'
Antoine Bourseiller	...	Antoine
Dominique Davray	...	Angèle
Dorothée Blanck	...	Dorothée (as Dorothée Blank)
Michel Legrand	...	Bob, the Pianist
José Luis de Vilallonga	...	The Lover
Loye Payen	...	Irma, la cartomancienne
Renée Duchateau
Lucienne Marchand	...	La conductrice du taxi
Serge Korber	...	Plumitif (the lyricist)
Robert Postec	...	Le docteur Valineau
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Arthur Brunet
Jean-Claude Brialy	...	L'infirmier (uncredited)
Emilienne Caille	...	La fiancée noire (uncredited)
Raymond Cauchetier	...	Raoul, le projectionniste (uncredited)
Jean Champion	...	Le patron du café (uncredited)
Eddie Constantine	...	L'arroseur (uncredited)
Georges de Beauregard	...	Le conducteur du corbillard et de l'ambulance (uncredited)
Danièle Delorme	...	La vendeuse de fleurs (uncredited)
Fernande Engler	...	La fille au café (uncredited)
Sami Frey	...	Le croque-mort (uncredited)
Jean-Luc Godard	...	L'homme aux lunettes noires / Actor in silent film (uncredited)
Anna Karina	...	Anna, la jeune fille blonde / Actress in silent film (uncredited)
Yves Robert	...	Le vendeur de mouchoirs (uncredited)
Alan Scott	...	Le marin (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Taste	...	Le garçon de café (uncredited)

Directed by
Agnès Varda

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Agnès Varda

Produced by
Georges de Beauregard	....	producer
Carlo Ponti	....	producer

Original Music by
Michel Legrand

Cinematography by
Paul Bonis
Alain Levent
Jean Rabier

Film Editing by
Pascale Laverrière
Janine Verneau		(as Jeanne Verneau)

Production Design by
Jean-François Adam

Art Direction by
Bernard Evein

Costume Design by
Alyette Samazeuilh

Makeup Department
Aïda Carange	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jean-François Adam	....	unit production manager
Bruna Drigo	....	production manager
Claude Laporte	....	production manager trainee
Edith Tertza	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marin Karmitz	....	assistant director
Bernard Toublanc-Michel	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Julien Coutelier	....	sound
Jean Labussière	....	sound
Jacques Maumont	....	sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Liliane de Kermadec	....	still photographer

Other crew
Aurore Chabrol	....	script girl (as Aurore Paquiss)
Rose Sokol	....	subtitler: English

Production Companies

• Ciné Tamaris
• Rome Paris Films

Distributors

• British Film Institute (BFI) (2010) (UK) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Ciné Vog Films (1962) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique (CCFC) (1961) (France) (theatrical)
• Neue Filmkunst Walter Kirchner (1967) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Zenith International Films (1962) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Altomedia. Co. Ltd. (Korea) (DVD)
• Altomedia. Co. Ltd. (Korea) (VHS)
• Ciné-Tamaris/Paramount Home Video (2006) (France) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Gevaert  film stock
• Laboratoires G. I. C.  laboratory services
• S.I.M.O.  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

"Cléo de 5 à 7" - France (original title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.19 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Spain:13 | Singapore:PG | USA:TV-14 (cable rating) | Argentina:13 | UK:A (1962) | UK:PG (2001) | Sweden:15 | USA:Not Rated | Netherlands:14 (orginal rating) | Canada:G (Quebec)

Filming Locations:

Arrêt de bus Verlaine, près de la Place d'Italie, Paris 13, Paris, France

Company:

Ciné Tamaris

Trivia:

Jean-Luc Godard, Anna Karina, and Jean-Claude Brialy all make uncredited cameo appearances as the actors in the silent film shown to Cléo and her friend.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In the beginning of Chapter 3, as Cleo is putting on a black hat, the camera-man's right arm can be seen in the mirror next to her.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[in French, using English subtitles]
Irma, la cartomancienne:Cut the deck please. Choose nine cards with your left hand. Three for the past, three for the present, three for the future.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Cléo de 5 à 7: souvenirs et anecdotes (2005) (V)

A great & highly original movie!

What's wonderful about this film has already been pretty well described in many of the preceding reviews. I'd just like to add two things. First, the songs & performances of Michel LeGrand & his partner are terrific _ they show LeGrand at his most inventive & infectious. Two, after reading several of the previous reviews, it occurs to me that Cléo de 5 à 7 works like a litmus test on its audience. Those who can invest this film with their own life-experiences, who can "fill in the blanks" with their personal emotions & thoughts, will be richly rewarded. Those who cannot, those who need plenty of exposition & explanations, will find it slow, ponderous, even superficial, because it will literally be over their heads. C'est la vie.