JANE B. FOR AGNÈS V.
[JANE B. PAR AGNÈS V.]
"I'll look at you, but not at the camera. It could be a trap," whispers Jane Birkin shyly into Agnès Varda's ear at the start of JANE B. FOR AGNÈS V. The director of CLÈO FROM 5 TO 7 and VAGABOND once again paints a portrait of a woman, this time in a marvelously expressionistic way. "It's like an imaginary biopic," says Varda. Birkin, of course, is the famed singer ("Je t'aime…moi non plus"), actress (BLOW-UP), fashion icon (the Hermés Birkin bag) and longtime muse to Serge Gainsbourg. As Varda implies, JANE B. FOR AGNÈS V. abandons the traditional biopic format, favoring instead a freewheeling mix of gorgeous and unexpected fantasy sequences. (Note courtesy of Cinelicious.) DIR/SCR Agnès Varda. France, 1988, color, 97 min. In French with English subtitles. NOT RATED
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Run Time: 97 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, July 01, 2023
Genre: Drama