The Beaches of Agnés
19 Oct 2011
Director: Agnés Varda
France
2008
110 min
It would be easy – but misleading – to describe this simply as an autobiography of the French artist and film-maker. It is more like a tour through her memory, represented in diverse and fascinating ways. Varda and her late husband Jacques Demy were at the vanguard of the French New Wave of cinema and this unique documentary reflects her artistic and unconventional personality, including many excerpts from her earlier works.
Beaches form the backdrop to a series of often surreal monologues and serve as a symbol of constancy as Varda tells us of various upheavals in her life.