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The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
Les plages d'Agnès (original title)

110 min  -  Documentary | Biography   -  17 December 2008 (France)
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Agnès Varda explores her memories, mostly chronologically, with photographs, film clips, interviews, reenactments, and droll, playful contemporary scenes of her narrating her story.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Agnès Varda ...
Herself
André Lubrano André Lubrano ...
Himself
Blaise Fournier Blaise Fournier ...
Himself
Vincent Fournier Vincent Fournier ...
Himself
Andrée Vilar Andrée Vilar ...
Herself
Stéphane Vilar Stéphane Vilar ...
Himself
Christophe Vilar Christophe Vilar ...
Himself
Rosalie Varda Rosalie Varda ...
Herself
Mathieu Demy ...
Himself
Christophe Vallaux Christophe Vallaux ...
Himself
Mireille Henrio Mireille Henrio ...
Herself
Didier Rouget Didier Rouget ...
Himself
Anne-Laure Manceau Anne-Laure Manceau ...
Agnès Varda jeune
Gérard Ayres Gérard Ayres ...
Himself (as Gerry Ayres)
Jim McBride Jim McBride ...
Himself
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At nearly 80, Agnès Varda explores her memory - growing up in Belgium, living in Sète, Paris, and Noirmoutier, discovering photography, making a film, being part of the New Wave, raising children with Jacques Demy, losing him, and growing old. She explores her memory using photographs, film clips, home movies, contemporary interviews, and set pieces she designs to capture a feeling, a time, or a frame. Shining through each scene are her impish charm, inventiveness, and natural empathy. How do people grow old, how does loss stay with them, can they remain creative, and what do they remember? Memory, she says, is like a swarm of confused flies. She envisions hers for us. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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Memory | Photograph | Interview | Film Clip | Reenactment  | See more »

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Documentary | Biography

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France

Language:

French | English

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Also Known As:

Agnès stränder See more »

Box Office

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$239,711 (USA) (22 August 2010)
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1.85 : 1
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Trivia

French visa # 118156. See more »

Connections

Edited into Film socialisme (2010) See more »

Soundtracks

"Rossignolet des chants"
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Sung by Agnès Varda See more »