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Varda By Agnès (15)

Dir. Agnès Varda
115 mins | 2019 | France
French and English with English subtitles

SHOWING TIMES:

• Sun 4 Aug: 1pm 
• Tue 6 Aug: 10.45am + Breakfast Deal 
• Wed 7 Aug: 6pm

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In this inspirational and affecting documentary, the great visual storyteller Agnès Varda (1928–2019) shares her observations on cinema, art and life. Whether behind the camera, or in front of it as she often was, Agnès Varda always defied a conventional approach. In her final work, the multi-award-winning filmmaker takes the audience on a journey through her remarkable life and career in her characteristically open and contemplative yet playful way.

Recordings of public appearances and conversations with her collaborators are weaved in with film clips and installation footage as we’re guided through her oeuvre, and we get to hear her reflections on the creative process and her work as a photographer, filmmaker and installation artist. Full of illuminating wisdom, moving stories and amusing anecdotes, this is an unmissable self-portrait of a talent with an uncompromising vision, a deep curiosity and empathy for other people – ‘real people’ – and a spirited, life-affirming outlook.

‘Two hours in this director’s company is a pleasure’
THE GUARDIAN

‘A cathartic, bittersweet swansong from one of cinema’s most endearing and adored auteurs.’ 
CINEVUE

BREAKFAST + FILM

Enjoy breakfast in our Café Bar before the screening on Tue 6 Aug.

£9.50: Film + cup of tea + something from our breakfast menu.

F-RATING

Triple F-Rated:
Directed by a woman, written by a woman and starring a significant woman. 

F-Rating is a new rating for films directed by women, written by women and/or with significant female characters on screen, in their own right. Find out more here >>

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