The beaches of Agnès / [directed by Agnès Varda and produced by Ciné-Tamaris].

Blu-ray edition.

[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]

1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

"If we opened people up, we'd find landscapes. If we opened me up, we'd find beaches." Originally intended to be Agnès Varda's farewell to filmmaking, this enchanting auto-portrait, made in her eightieth year, is a freewheeling journey through her life, career, and artistic philosophy. Revisiting the places that shaped her-- from the North Sea beaches of Belgium where she spent her childhood to the Mediterranean village where she shot her first film to the boardwalks of Los Angeles where she lived with her husband, Jacques Demy-- Varda reflects on a lifetime of creation and inspiration, successes and setbacks, heartbreak and joy. Replete with images of wonder and whimsy-- the ocean reflected in a kaleidoscope of mirrors, the streets of Paris transformed into a sandy beach, the filmmaker herself ensconced in the belly of a whale-- the film is a playful and poignant record of a life lived fully and passionately in the name of cinema

Images / Video & Film

French

May 10, 2021

Cinematography, Hélène Louvart, Alain Sakot, Julia Fabry, Jean-Baptiste Morin, Agnès Varda ; editors, Agnès Varda, Jean-Baptiste Morin, Baptiste Filloux ; original music, Joanna Bruzdowicz, Stéphane Vilar, Paule Cornet.

Agnès Varda, André Lubrano, Blaise Fournier, Vincent Fournier, Andrée Vilar, Stéphane Vilar, Christophe Vilar, Rosalie Varda, Mathieu Demy, Christophe Vallaux, Mireille Henrio, Didier Rouget, Anne-Laure Manceau, Gérard Ayres, Jim McBride.

Blu-ray; region A, B, C; 1.85:1, 1.37:1, 1.66:1 aspect ratios; DTS-HD Master audio 5.1 surround; requires Blu-ray player.

Les plages d'Agnès / Ciné-Tamaris présente ; une coproduction Ciné-Tamaris, Arte France cinéma ; un film écrit et réalisé par Agnès Varda.