The Beaches of Agnès

Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.

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  Agnès Varda

  Self
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  Rosalie Varda

  Self
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  Mathieu Demy

  Self
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  Jim McBride

  Self
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  Patricia Louisianna Knop

  Self
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  Zalman King

  Self
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  Richard Scarry

  Self
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  Eugene Kotlyarenko

  Self
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  Laura Betti

  Self (archive footage)
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  Jane Birkin

  Self/La croupière