#0000B/#419: VARDA, Agnès: La Pointe Courte (1956)

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THE COMPLETE FILMS OF AGNÈS VARDA {Spine #0000B}
4 BY AGNÈS VARDA {Spine #418}

VARDA, Agnès (France)
La Pointe Courte [1956]
Spine #0000B/Spine #419
DVD/Blu-ray




The great Agnès Varda's film career began with this graceful, penetrating study of a marriage on the rocks, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. Both a stylized depiction of the complicated relationship between a married couple (played by Silvia Monfort and Philippe Noiret) and a documentary-like look at the daily struggles of the locals, Varda's discursive, gorgeously filmed debut was radical enough to later be considered one of the progenitors of the coming French new wave.

80 minutes
Black and White
Monaural
in French
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2007/2020
Director/Writer


Agnès Varda was 28 when she wrote and directed La Pointe Courte.

Other Varda films in the Collection:

#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 (1962)
#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/Eclipse 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/#74: Vagabond (1985)
#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

Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

Sixty-two page booklet featuring an essay by Ginette Vincendeau and a foreword by Varda.

Commentary

None.

Video interview

With director Varda.
Exceprts

From a 1964 episode of the French television series Cinéastes de notre temps, in which Varda discusses her early career.
Extras Rating (0-40):

39

60 + 39 =

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