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Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer (Corinne Marchand) set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman's life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and.
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) IMDb

In the four decades since Cléo from 5 to 7, Varda has directed many films, and created at least three other esteemed masterpieces: 1977's One Sings, the Other Doesn't, which is the overtly feminist message movie Cléo from 5 to 7 is often given credit for being; 1985's Vagabond, one of the key art-house films of the '80s; and recently, 2000's The Gleaners and I, a widely lauded.
Corinne Marchand in "Cleo from 5 to 7"/"Cléo de 5 à 7" (1962) directed by Agnès Varda. Anna

Arriving with the first surge of the French New Wave, Cléo from 5 to 7 crackles with the energy and modernity of that cinephile movement, but it's ultimately an introspective piece, characterised by the philosophical preoccupations of Varda's Left Bank peers. Corinne Marchand plays Cléo, a blonde pop singer whose vanity relaxes as her.
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Directed by Agnès Varda • 1962 • France Starring Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer (Corinne Marchand) set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman's life, CLÉO FROM 5 TO 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and.
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Cléo from 5 to 7 is remarkable on many fronts. Technically Varda has great. energy and joy, playfully dashing the camera from one character to the next, timing the turn in a conversation from light to morbid as a car turns into a darkened tunnel, jump cutting to say "look-look-look again.". Her mastery of craft and willingness to defy.
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There have been many films, from Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948) to Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark (2002), devoted to the challenge of capturing or reconstituting the experience of "real time." Agnès Varda's 1961 Cléo from 5 to 7—an account of an hour and a half in the life of a normally carefree young woman who is gravely awaiting a medical diagnosis—is one of them, but it.
Cleo from 5 to 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7)

Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) Modern rue des Bourdonnais. After being consoled in the café by her maid Angèle (Dominique Davray), Cléo wanders with her over the road and is taken by the possibility of a new hat. The café they were just in can still be seen from shop's window as the hat shop was on the adjacent Rue de Rivoli.
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) The Criterion Collection

Agnès Varda directing Corinne Marchand in Cléo from 5 to 7, in 1961. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images. The film's 90-minute runtime (which contradicts the title - perhaps "Cléo from 5 to 6.30.
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Adam Scovell. @AdamScovell. A gnès Varda's Cleo from 5 to 7 examines a woman walking, following the mournful titular protagonist around Paris in intimate detail. The film is not only an enjoyably unique exploration of coming to terms with illness and mortality but a snapshot of the French capital circa 1962, and even its cinematic culture.
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A chronicle of the minutes of one woman's life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina. Written & Directed by Agnès Varda. Produced by Georges de Beauregard. Cinematography by Jean Rabier, Alain Levent.
Cléo de 5 à 7 de Agnès Varda (1961) Unifrance

Cléo from 5 to 7: Directed by Agnès Varda. With Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blanck. Cleo, a singer and hypochondriac, becomes increasingly worried that she might have cancer while awaiting test results from her doctor.
Review Agnès Varda’s Cléo from 5 to 7 Is Giddily in Touch with Its Paradoxes Slant Magazine

Cléo from 5 to 7 (French: Cléo de 5 à 7 [kle.o də sɛ̃k a sɛt]) is a 1962 French New Wave drama film written and directed by Agnès Varda.. The film follows Florence, a young singer known professionally as "Cléo Victoire", from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. on June 21, as she waits to hear the results of a biopsy that will possibly confirm a diagnosis of stomach cancer.
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Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman's life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
Cleo from 5 to 7 (Agnes Varda, 1962)

Image/Sound/Extras: Updating an earlier Criterion edition issued in 2000, this new DVD of Cléo from 5 to 7 (available only as part of the magnificent package 4 by Agnès Varda) features a restored digital transfer, as well as the set's largest treasure trove of supplementary material.A good portion of these extras are dedicated to emphasizing the film's intimate sense of place.
Why Agnès Varda’s Cléo from 5 to 7 deserves to be a classic BBC Culture

After the recent passing of "the grandmother of the Nouvelle Vague," newspaper articles reflected back on the work of filmmaker Agnes Varda. Her debut film, Cleo from 5 to 7 continues to fascinates. As we watch a young woman struggling with her demons, set against a beautiful backdrop of 1960s Paris, Varda's masterpiece ticks all the.
Cléo de 5 à 7 (Agnès Varda) DÍA A DÍA

World-premiering at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival, Cleo from 5 to 7 immediately established Varda as a major figure of the New Wave. Narrative Structure (Detailed Plot) The film's running time parallels the length of the story (90 minutes), even though its title, Cleo from 5 to 7, suggests two hours.