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Agnès Varda | ... | Self | |
JR | ... | Self | |
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Jeannine Carpentier | ... | Self |
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Clemens Van Dungern | ... | Self |
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Marie Douvet | ... | Self |
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Jean-Paul Beaujon | ... | Self |
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Nathalie Schleehauf | ... | Self |
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Vincent Gils | ... | Self |
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Claude Flaert | ... | Self |
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Patrick Bernard | ... | Self |
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Amaury Bossy | ... | Self |
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Didier Campy Comte | ... | Self |
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Jacky Patin | ... | Self |
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Pony-Soleil-Air-Sauvage-Nature | ... | Self (as Pony) |
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Patricia Mercier | ... | Self |
Agnes Varda, one of the leading lights of France's honored French New Wave cinema era, and professional photographer and muralist, J.R., partake on a special art project. Together, they travel around France in a special box truck equipped as a portable photo booth and traveling printing facility as they take photographs of people around the country. With that inspiration, they also create special colossal mural pictures of individuals, communities and places they want to honor and celebrate. Along the way, the old cinematic veteran and the young artistic idealist enjoy an odd friendship as they chat and explore their views on the world as only they can. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
Cinema's greatest gleaner goes rambling with JR, one of France's most prominent street artists. Together they traverse the countryside in a mobile photo van capable of turning out large-scale photographs of the people they meet on their travels. It's a low-key and playful road trip for these sharp creatives as one 88 years-old and one 33 explore image-making, storytelling and aging. The effect is magical as farmers find their images on their barns, an old woman's face is inscribed on the wall of her condemned house, and giant women's images are assembled on shipping containers. This is art that connects directly and delightfully with ordinary people and their local environments. The gigantic portraits in living landscapes are ideally suited to the big screen. This is a highlight of the ADL FF