The Beaches of Agnès
2008/12/17 • Released • French
Overview
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.
Director : Agnès Varda
Casts
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
Sandrine Bonnaire
Self (archive footage)
Antoine Bourseiller
Self (archive footage)
Nino Castelnuovo
Self (archive footage)
Robert De Niro
Self (archive footage)
Jacques Demy
Self (archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve
Self (archive footage)
Gérard Depardieu
Le beatnik (archive footage)
France Dougnac
Self (archive footage)
Harrison Ford
Self (archive footage)
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Self (archive footage)
Serge Gainsbourg
Self (archive footage)
Julie Gayet
Self (archive footage)
Michel Legrand
Self (archive footage)
Valérie Mairesse
Self (archive footage)
Sabine Mamou
Self (archive footage)
Corinne Marchand
Self (archive footage)
Chris Marker
Self (archive footage)
Silvia Monfort
Self (archive footage)
Yolande Moreau
Self - racontant un souvenir d'enfance d'Agnès Varda
Jim Morrison
Self (archive footage)
Philippe Noiret
Self (archive footage)
Michel Piccoli
Self (archive footage)
James Rado
Self (archive footage)
Gerome Ragni
Self (archive footage)
Viva
Self (archive footage)
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