The Beaches of Agnès

Original title: Les Plages d'Agnès
Duration: 110 min
Release date: 2008-12-17
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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
Agnès Varda
as Self
André Lubrano
André Lubrano
as Self
Blaise Fournier
Blaise Fournier
as Self
Vincent Fournier
Vincent Fournier
as Self
Andrée Vilar
Andrée Vilar
as Self
Stéphane Vilar
Stéphane Vilar
as Self
Christophe Vilar
Christophe Vilar
as Self
Rosalie Varda
Rosalie Varda
as Self
Mathieu Demy
Mathieu Demy
as Self
Christophe Vallaux
Christophe Vallaux
as Self
Mireille Henrio
Mireille Henrio
as Self
Didier Rouget
Didier Rouget
as Self
Anne-Laure Manceau
Anne-Laure Manceau
as Agnès Varda jeune
Gerald Ayres
Gerald Ayres
as Self
Jim McBride
Jim McBride
as Self
Tracy McBride
Tracy McBride
as Self
Patricia Louisianna Knop
Patricia Louisianna Knop
as Self
Zalman King
Zalman King
as Self
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry
as Self
Eugene Kotlyarenko
Eugene Kotlyarenko
as Self
Laura Betti
Laura Betti
as Self (archive footage)
Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin
as Self/La croupière
Sandrine Bonnaire
Sandrine Bonnaire
as Self (archive footage)
Antoine Bourseiller
Antoine Bourseiller
as Self (archive footage)
Nino Castelnuovo
Nino Castelnuovo
as Self (archive footage)
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
as Self (archive footage)
Constantin Demy
Constantin Demy
as Self
Jacques Demy
Jacques Demy
as Self (archive footage)
Joséphine Demy
Joséphine Demy
as Self
Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve
as Self (archive footage)
Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Depardieu
as Le beatnik (archive footage)
France Dougnac
France Dougnac
as Self (archive footage)
Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford
as Self (archive footage)
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Gainsbourg
as Self (archive footage)
Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg
as Self (archive footage)
Julie Gayet
Julie Gayet
as Self (archive footage)
Emilien Lazaron
Emilien Lazaron
as Self
Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand
as Self (archive footage)
Valérie Mairesse
Valérie Mairesse
as Self (archive footage)
Sabine Mamou
Sabine Mamou
as Self (archive footage)
Corinne Marchand
Corinne Marchand
as Self (archive footage)
Chris Marker
Chris Marker
as Self (archive footage)
Silvia Monfort
Silvia Monfort
as Self (archive footage)
Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau
as Self - racontant un souvenir d'enfance d'Agnès Varda
Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison
as Self (archive footage)
Philippe Noiret
Philippe Noiret
as Self (archive footage)
Michel Piccoli
Michel Piccoli
as Self (archive footage)
James Rado
James Rado
as Self (archive footage)
Gerome Ragni
Gerome Ragni
as Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth Raiss
Elizabeth Raiss
as Young Gwen
Alain René
Alain René
as Self
Viva
Viva
as Self (archive footage)
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