#B6/#73: VARDA, Agnès: Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)

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VARDA, Agnès (France)
Cléo from 5 to 7 [1962]
Spine #B6/#73
DVD/Blu-ray


Visionary of the French New Wave, Agnès Varda captures the atmosphere of Paris in the '60s with this portrait of a singer searching for answers as she awaits test results from a biopsy. A chronicle of two crucial hours in one woman's life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama. The film features a score by Michel Legrand (Umbrellas of Cherbourg) and cameos by Legrand, Jean-Luc Godard, and Anna Karina. Criterion is proud to present Cléo from 5 to 7 in a beautiful digital transfer supervised by the director, with the color opening sequence restored.

90 minutes
Black &White, with a Color sequence
Monaural
in French
1:66:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2000/2020

Director/Writer


Agnès Varda was 34 when she wrote and directed Cléo from 5 to 7.

Other Varda films in the Collection:

#B2: Les 3 Boutons (2015)
#B4: Ô Saisons, Ô Châteaux (1958)
#B3/#419: La Pointe Courte (1955)
#B8: L'Opéra-Mouffe (1958)
#B5: Du Côté de la Côte (1958)
#B7: Les Fiancés du Pont Macdonald (1964)
#B35: Salut les Cubains (1964)
#B13/#420: Le Bonheur (1965)
#B14: Les Créatures (1966)
#B15: Elsa la Rose (1966)
#B16/Eclipse Series 43: Uncle Yanco (1968)
#B18/Eclipse Series 43: Lions Love (. . . and Lies) (1969)
#B17/Eclipes Series 43: Black Panthers (1970)
#B11: Daguerréotypes (1975)
#B22: Réponse de Femmes (1975)
#B21/#978: One Sings, The Other Doesn't (1977)
#B23: Plaisir d'Amour en Iran (1977)
#B20/Eclipse Series 43: Documenteur (1981)
#B19/Eclipse Series 43: Mur Murs (1981)
#B36: Ulysse (1982)
#B9: Les Dites Cariatides (1984)
#B24/#74/#418: Vagabond (1985)
#B25: 7 P., Cuis., S. de B. . . . (à Saisir) (1985)
#B10: T'As de Beaux Escaliers, tu Sais (1986)
#B26: Jane B. Par Agnès V. (1988)
#B27: Kung-Fu Master! (1988)
#B28: Jacquot de Nantes (1991)
#B29: The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
#B31: One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
#B30: The World of Jacques Demy (1995)
#B32: The Gleaners and I (2000)
#B33: The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (2002)
#B12: Le Lion Volatil (2003)
#B37: Ydessa, Les Ours Et Etc. . . . (2004)
#B39: The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
#B38: Agnès de Ci de là Varda (2011)
#B34: Faces Places (2017)
#B1: Varda by Agnès (2019)

The Film

The Extras

The Booklet

#0000B: Essay by Michael Koresky.
#73: Six-page wraparound featuring an essay by Molly Haskell.

Commentary

None.

#0000B:

Remembrances

A 2005 program by Varda on Cléo from 5 to 7.
Conversation

Between Varda and musician Madonna from the 1993 French television program Madonna, c’est Madonna.
Cléo’s Real Path Through Paris

A 2005 short film by Pierre-William Glenn.

The Music of Michel Legrand

A video essay made by Tony Zhou in 2016 for FilmStruck on the musical motifs in Cléo from 5 to 7.
Trailer

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