The final film from the late, beloved Agnès Varda is a characteristically playful, profound, and personal summation of the director’s own brilliant career. At once impish and wise, she acts as our spirit guide on a free-associative tour through her six-decade artistic journey, shedding new light on her films, photography, and recent installation works while offering her one-of-a-kind reflections on everything from filmmaking to feminism to aging. Suffused with the people, places, and things she loved—Jacques Demy, cats, colors, beaches, heart-shaped potatoes—this wonderfully idiosyncratic work of imaginative autobiography is a warmly human, touchingly bittersweet parting gift from one of cinema’s most luminous talents. It also serves as the perfect primer for our Varda: A Retrospective series which starts on February 28th.
Don’t miss Varda: A Retrospective, our two-week tribute showcasing fifteen films from the legendary filmmaker.
Want even more Varda? Check out the Jacob Burns FilmCast, Episode Five: Viva Varda! for a wide-ranging conversation on Varda’s life and legacy.
