The Beaches of Agnès

Plot

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.

Cast

Agnès Varda

Self

André Lubrano

Self

Blaise Fournier

Self

Vincent Fournier

Self

Andrée Vilar

Self

Stéphane Vilar

Self

Christophe Vilar

Self

Rosalie Varda

Self

Mathieu Demy

Self

Christophe Vallaux

Self

Mireille Henrio

Self

Didier Rouget

Self

Anne-Laure Manceau

Agnès Varda jeune

Gerald Ayres

Self

Jim McBride

Self