Viva Varda! The Films of Agnès Varda
- Varda Shorts II: Women (& Love)
- Agnès Varda
- 56 DCP
- NR
Screening Dates
- February 3, 2020 8:20
A surrealist “subjective documentary” in which a pregnant woman observes the rue Mouffetard and its market in Paris’s Latin Quarter. A silent slapstick comedy about two lovers and a strange pair of glasses includes several New Wave icons in its cast. An account of the love and enduring marriage of a renowned literary couple, novelist Elsa Triolet and poet Louis Aragon. A provocative essay film asking various femmes françaises to answer the question, “What does it mean to be a woman?” An exploration of religious architecture in Isfahan, Iran, through the eyes of two characters (Suzanne and her lover Darius) from Varda’s 1977 feature One Sings, the Other Doesn’t.
L’Opéra-Mouffe
1958 17 min.
Les fiancés du pont MacDonald
1961 5 min.
Elsa la rose
1965 20 min.
Women Reply (Réponse de femmes: Notre corps, notre sexe)
1975 8 min.
The Pleasure of Love in Iran (Plaisir d’amour en Iran)
1976 6 min.
Note
The short Les fiancés du pont MacDonald also appears, in slightly different form, in Varda’s 1962 feature Cleo from 5 to 7 (screening March 1 & 4).