#0000B/#74: VARDA, Agnès: Vagabond (1985)
VARDA, Agnès (France)
Commentary
None.
#0000B:
Vagabond [1985]
Spine #0000B/Spine #74/Spine #418
DVD/Blu-ray
DVD/Blu-ray
Sandrine Bonnaire won a César award for her portrayal of Mona, a defiant young drifter who is found frozen in a ditch. Using a largely non-professional cast, famed New Wave filmmaker Agnès Varda recollects Mona's story through the flashbacks of those who encountered her, producing the splintered portrait of an enigmatic woman. Told in sparsely poetic images set against the frozen landscape of mid-winter Nîmes, this is Varda's masterpiece. Criterion presents Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) in a brilliant color transfer supervised by the director.
105 minutes
Color
Color
Monaural
in French
1:66:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2000/2020
Director/Writer
Agnès Varda was 57 when she wrote and directed Vagabond.
Other Varda films in the Collection:
#0000B/#419: La Pointe Courte (1955)
#0000B: Du Côté De La Côte (1958)
#0000B: Ô Saisons, Ô Chateaux (1958)
#0000B: L'Opéra-Mouffe (1958)
#0000B/#73: Cléo From 5 To 7 (1962)
#0000B: Les Fiancés Du Pont Macdonald (1964)
#0000B: Salut Les Cubains (1964)
#0000B/#420: Le Bonheur (1965)
#0000B: Les Créatures (1966)
#0000B: Elsa La Rose (1966)
#0000B/Eclipse Series 43: Uncle Yanco (1968)
#0000B/Eclipse Series 43: Lions Love (. . . And Lies) (1969)
#0000B/Eclipes Series 43: Black Panthers (1970)
#0000B: Daguerréotypes (1975)
#0000B: Réponse De Femmes (1975)
#0000B/#978: One Sings, The Other Doesn't (1977)
#0000B: Plaisir D'Amour En Iran (1977)
#0000B/Eclipse Series 43: Documenteur (1981)
#0000B/Eclipse Series 43: Mur Murs (1981)
#0000B: Ulysse (1982)
#0000B: Les Dites Cariatides (1984)
#0000B: 7 P., Cuis., S. De B. . . . (À Saisir) (1985)
#0000B: T'As De Beaux Escalier, Tu Sais (1986)
#0000B: Jane B. Par Agnès V. (1988)
#0000B: Kung-Fu Master! (1988)
#0000B: Jacquot De Nantes (1991)
#0000B: The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
#0000B: One Hundred And One Nights (1995)
#0000B: The World Of Jacques Demy (1995)
#0000B: The Gleaners And I (2000)
#0000B: The Gleaners And I: Two Years Later (2002)
#0000B: Le Lion Volatil (2003)
#0000B: Ydessa, Les Ours Et Etc. . . . (2004)
#0000B: The Beaches Of Agnès (2008)
#0000B: Agnès De Ci De Là Varda (2011)
#0000B: Les 3 Boutons (2015)
#0000B: Faces Places (2017)
#0000B: Varda By Agnès (2019)
The Film
#0000B/#419: La Pointe Courte (1955)
#0000B: Du Côté De La Côte (1958)
#0000B: Ô Saisons, Ô Chateaux (1958)
#0000B: L'Opéra-Mouffe (1958)
#0000B/#73: Cléo From 5 To 7 (1962)
#0000B: Les Fiancés Du Pont Macdonald (1964)
#0000B: Salut Les Cubains (1964)
#0000B/#420: Le Bonheur (1965)
#0000B: Les Créatures (1966)
#0000B: Elsa La Rose (1966)
#0000B/Eclipse Series 43: Uncle Yanco (1968)
#0000B/Eclipse Series 43: Lions Love (. . . And Lies) (1969)
#0000B/Eclipes Series 43: Black Panthers (1970)
#0000B: Daguerréotypes (1975)
#0000B: Réponse De Femmes (1975)
#0000B/#978: One Sings, The Other Doesn't (1977)
#0000B: Plaisir D'Amour En Iran (1977)
#0000B/Eclipse Series 43: Documenteur (1981)
#0000B/Eclipse Series 43: Mur Murs (1981)
#0000B: Ulysse (1982)
#0000B: Les Dites Cariatides (1984)
#0000B: 7 P., Cuis., S. De B. . . . (À Saisir) (1985)
#0000B: T'As De Beaux Escalier, Tu Sais (1986)
#0000B: Jane B. Par Agnès V. (1988)
#0000B: Kung-Fu Master! (1988)
#0000B: Jacquot De Nantes (1991)
#0000B: The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
#0000B: One Hundred And One Nights (1995)
#0000B: The World Of Jacques Demy (1995)
#0000B: The Gleaners And I (2000)
#0000B: The Gleaners And I: Two Years Later (2002)
#0000B: Le Lion Volatil (2003)
#0000B: Ydessa, Les Ours Et Etc. . . . (2004)
#0000B: The Beaches Of Agnès (2008)
#0000B: Agnès De Ci De Là Varda (2011)
#0000B: Les 3 Boutons (2015)
#0000B: Faces Places (2017)
#0000B: Varda By Agnès (2019)
The Film
#74: Six-page wraparound featuring an essay by Sandy Flitterman-Lewis.
#418: Varda on Vagabond; Freedom and Dirt, an essay by Chris Darke.
Commentary
None.
#0000B:
Remembrances
A 2003 documentary directed and narrated by Varda, featuring actors from Vagabond and recounting the events that inspired Varda to make the film.
Music and Dolly Shots
Music and Dolly Shots
A 2003 conversation between Varda and composer Joanne Bruzdowicz on the music they created to accompany the tracking shots in Vagabond.
The Story of an Old Lady
The Story of an Old Lady
A 2003 program featuring an interview with Marthe Jarnias, who plays Aunt Lydie in Vagabond.
To Nathalie Sarraute
To Nathalie Sarraute
An audio excerpt from a 1986 interview on the radio program La Nuit sur un plateau, featuring Varda and Sarraute, whose writings inspired Vagabond and to whom Varda dedicated the film.
Plotting in Vagabond
Plotting in Vagabond
A 2019 episode of the Criterion Channel series Observations on Film Art, narrated by film scholar David Bordwell.
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