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The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
Directed by Agnès Varda
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.
Length 110 minutes
Actors
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 | Gerald Ayres | Jim McBride | Tracy McBride | Patricia Louisianna Knop | Zalman King | Richard Scarry | Eugene Kotlyarenko | Laura Betti | Jane Birkin | Sandrine Bonnaire | Antoine Bourseiller | Nino Castelnuovo | Robert De Niro | Constantin Demy | Jacques Demy | Joséphine Demy | Catherine Deneuve | Gérard Depardieu | France Dougnac | Harrison Ford | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Serge Gainsbourg | Julie Gayet | Emilien Lazaron | Michel Legrand | Valérie Mairesse | Sabine Mamou | Corinne Marchand | Chris Marker | Silvia Monfort | Yolande Moreau | Jim Morrison | Philippe Noiret | Michel Piccoli | James Rado | Gerome Ragni | Elizabeth Raiss | Alain René | Viva