Les Plages d'Agnès (2008)
Directed by Agnès Varda

Documentary / Biography

aka: The Beaches of Agnès

Film Synopsis

As she enters her ninth decade, film director Agnès Varda is in a reflective mood as she revisits the various beaches that have impacted on her life and career. From Noirmoutier off the Atlantic coast of France to Sète in the south, from the austere Belgian coast to the sun-drenched beaches of California in the sixties, this most idiosyncratic of filmmakers takes us on a tour of her past, sharing with us her life with her husband Jacques Demy, her involvement in the feminist movement and her numerous overseas excursions. Beaches represent a special place for Varda. They hold so many memories, and they also encapsulate the essence of her art, suggesting a free spirit untamed by convention and the tyranny of fashion. There are so many faces, so many precious moments - all evoked by the chaste stretches of sand that somehow bear the imprint of past recollections, like footprints in time...

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Film Credits

Director: Agnès Varda
Script: Agnès Varda
Cinematographer: Julia Fabry, Hélène Louvart, Arlene Nelson, Alain Sakot, Agnès Varda
Music: Joanna Bruzdowicz, Stéphane Vilar
Cast: Agnès Varda (Herself), André Lubrano (Himself), Blaise Fournier (Himself), Vincent Fournier (Himself), Andrée Vilar (Herself), Stéphane Vilar (Himself), Christophe Vilar (Himself), Rosalie Varda (Herself), Mathieu Demy (Himself), Christophe Vallaux (Himself), Mireille Henrio (Herself), Didier Rouget (Himself), Anne-Laure Manceau (Agnès Varda jeune), Gérard Ayres (Himself), Jim McBride (Himself), Tracy McBride (Herself), Patricia Louisianna Knop (Herself), Zalman King (Himself), Richard Scarry (Himself), Eugene Kotlyarenko (Himself)
Country: France
Language: French / English
Support: Color
Runtime: 110 min
Aka: The Beaches of Agnès ; The Beaches of Agnes

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