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 marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.
Release Date: 2008-12-17
Agnès Varda
Self
Rosalie Varda
Self
Mathieu Demy
Self
Jim McBride
Self
Patricia Louisianna Knop
Self
Zalman King
Self
Richard Scarry
Self
Eugene Kotlyarenko
Self
Laura Betti
Self (archive footage)
Jane Birkin
Self/La croupière