Event Description
Agnès Varda‘s vibrant portrayal of the energy and atmosphere of 1960s Paris is seen through the experiences of Cléo, a young and pretty singer, who is awaiting the outcome of a cancer biopsy. From superstition to fear, from the Rue de Rivoli to the Café du Dôme, from coquetry to anxiety, from her apartment to Parc Montsouris, Cleo lives through ninety peculiar minutes. Her lover, a musician accompanist, a female friend, and then a soldier open up her eyes to the world.
Agnès Varda brilliantly captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time examination of the minutes of one woman’s life. Cléo de 5 à 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.
English title: Cleo from 5 to 7
Director: Agnès Varda
Release date: 1962
Drama
Running time: 1hr 30mins
Certificate: PG
French with English subtitles
