The Agnès Varda Collection (Vol. 1) - 4-DVD Box Set ( La Pointe-Courte / Cléo de 5 à 7 / Le bonheur / Les glaneurs et la glaneuse ) ( The Short Point / Cleo from 5 to 7 (Cleoo from Five to Seven) / Happiness / The Gleaners & I )

The Agnès Varda Collection (Vol. 1) - 4-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La Pointe-Courte / Cléo de 5 à 7 / Le bonheur / Les glaneurs et la glaneuse
Alternate Title: The Short Point / Cleo from 5 to 7 (Cleoo from Five to Seven) / Happiness / The Gleaners & I
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
325 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1955 - 2000 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Agnès Varda

Written By:
Agnès Varda

Actors:
Silvia Monfort ..... Elle
Philippe Noiret ..... Lui
Corinne Marchand ..... Florence, 'Cléo Victoire'
Antoine Bourseiller ..... Antoine
Dominique Davray ..... Angèle
Dorothée Blank ..... Dorothée
Michel Legrand ..... Bob, the Pianist
José Luis de Villalonga ..... The Lover
Loye Payen ..... Irma, la cartomancienne
Renée Duchateau ..... La conductrice du taxi
Lucienne Marchand ..... Plumitif (the lyricist)
Serge Korber ..... Le docteur Valineau
Robert Postec
Jean-Claude Drouot ..... François
Claire Drouot ..... Therese (as Sa femme Claire)
Olivier Drouot ..... Pierrot (as Leurs enfants)
Sandrine Drouot ..... Gisou (as Leurs enfants)
Marie-France Boyer ..... Émilie Savignard
Marcelle Faure-Bertin ..... Paul
Manon Lanclos
Sylvia Saurel
Marc Eyraud
Christian Riehl
Paul Vecchiali
Bodan Litnanski ..... Himself
Agnès Varda ..... Herself
François Wertheimer ..... Himself

Synopsis:

The Short Point (1955)
At the time of its release, much was made of the fact that La Point Courte was directed by a mere '25-year-old girl'. That girl was professional photographer Agnes Varda, later hosannahed by aficionados as 'The Grandmother of the New Wave.' Covering a wide ranging of sociopolitical issues, Varda's first cinematic effort, reportedly lensed on a budget of $20,000, is virtually two films in one, developed in parallel fashion. The twin storylines concern the simultaneous efforts of a husband and wife to mend their broken marriage, but Varda's interests clearly lie in what occurs around the two plotlines rather than the linear progression of the stories themselves. Edited by Alain Resnais, La Point Courte was initially dismissed by some shortsided American critics as being 'too arty;' it has since been assessed by one critic as 'the first film of the French nouvelle vague. Its interplay between conscience, emotions and the real world make it a direct descendant of Hiroshima, Mon Amour.'

Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Cleo From 5 to 7 (Cleo de cinq a sept), per its title, concentrates on two hours in the life of a woman. Those hours are desperate ones, in that Cleo, a pop singer, awaits the results of her tests for cancer. Director Agnes Varda stages the film in 'real' rather than subjective time, its various episodes divided into chapters, using significant Tarot cards. During the allotted time, Cleo visits her friends, tries to sing her worries away, spends money, and cries.

Happiness (1965)
Le Bonheur was French director Agnes Varda's first color film. To critics who carped that her choice of hues was not 'realistic', she responded that she was choosing the hues that were best suited psychologically to her story. The film's protagonist is a young, married carpenter (Jean-Claude Drouot). He takes a mistress (Marie-France Boyer), assuming that he can be equally in love with both his wife and the new woman in his life. When the wife drowns, the mistress quietly takes her place. This plot twist is remains a subject of debate amongst Varda's admirers.

The Gleaners & I (2000)
Documentary. Travelling along the French roads, director Agnes Varda meets many types of gleaner - men and women who gather and recycle what others have discarded. The theme of the film suggests that film-making is a kind of `gleaning' in itself.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 04 March, 2010.

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