CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 (CLÉO DE 5 À 7) Guest Artistic Director

It’s 5:00 p.m. in Paris, and Cleo (Corrine Marchand) is getting a Tarot card reading. Her pop song is playing in all the cafés and she’s on the verge of exploding with fame. Unfortunately, her cards display a frightening misfortune: Death. The reading overwhelms her with distress and, as she moves through the city, she becomes increasingly aware of herself and all those around her. Agnès Varda strikingly captures the vivacity of the 1960s as her camera quietly follows Cleo wandering through the streets of the chic French capital, drifting into melancholy and searching for hope.

Agnès Varda made LA POINTE COURTE in 1954 and is often called the “Mother of the French New Wave.” She has directed over 30 films, including CLEO FROM 5 TO 7, LE BONHEUR, VAGABOND (which was awarded the Golden Lion), THE GLEANERS & I and THE BEACHES OF AGNÈS.

Details

Country: France, Italy

Year: 1962

Director: Agnès Varda

Screenwriter: Agnès Varda

Producers: Carlo Ponti, Georges de Beauregard

Director of Photography: Jean Rabier

Editors: Pascale Laverrière, Janine Verneau

Music: Michel Legrand

Cast/Featuring: Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blanck, Michel Legrand

Running Time (minutes): 90 min

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