The Beaches of Agnès
About The Beaches of Agnès
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriag…
The Beaches of Agnès is a 2008 documentary film directed by Agnès Varda. Its themes are family history, experimental cinema, experimental film, and experimental surrealism.
Agnès Varda stars as Self, André Lubrano as Self, Blaise Fournier as Self, and Vincent Fournier as Self. Released in December 2008, it runs 110 minutes.
The screenplay is by Agnès Varda and Didier Rouget. American members can watch it on DocAlliance Films.
It's Not Me, After We Fell, and It's Complicated make useful companions to The Beaches of Agnès. TMDB voters put it at 7.7 out of 10 across 147 votes.