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La Pointe Courte (Criterion Collection)

 

  Written and Directed by Agnès Varda

France 1955 / Comedy Drama / Marriage Drama / Black & White / 80 min / Monaural / 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio / NTSC / In French with Optional English Subtitles

Silvia Monfort , Philippe Noiret

The great Agnes Varda's film career began with this graceful, penetrating study of a marriage on the rocks, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. Both a stylized depiction of the complicated relationship between a married couple (played by Silvia Monfort and Philippe Noiret) and a documentary-like look at the daily struggles of the locals, Varda's discursive, gorgeously filmed debut was radical enough to later be considered one of the progenitors of the coming French new wave.

 
       

Bonus Features:

- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- New video interview with director Agnès Varda
- Excerpts from a 1964 episode of the French television series Cinéastes de notre temps, in which Varda discusses her early career
- New and improved English subtitle translation