For three consecutive Mondays in April (April 7, 14, and 21) the series will feature films by Agnès Varda (b. 1928, Brussels, Belgium), a French film director considered by many critics the best women director working today. Her movies, photographs, and art installations focus on documentary realism, feminist issues, and social commentary with a distinct experimental style. Her films have similarities to the New Wave, but Varda belongs more precisely to the parallel Rive Gauche movement, a group, including Marguerite Duras and Alain Robbe-Grillet, who often collaborated with each other, and were strongly tied to the nouveau roman movement in literature and politically positioned in the Left.
Monday April 14, 7:00PM Cleo from 5 to 7 / Cléo de 5 à 7 (1962)
Written and Directed by Agnès Varda (b. 1928, Brussels, Belgium)
Drama - In French w/ English Subtitles
Warning! Spoilers! While waiting for the result of a biopsy, the French singer Florence "Cleo" (Corinne Marchand) visits the Tarot fortune-teller Irma (Loye Payen); drinks a coffee and buys a new hat with her maid Angèle (Dominique Davray); is visited by her lover (José Luis de Villalonga) and her composers Bob (Michel Legrand) and Plumitif (Serge Korber); visits her model friend Dorothée (Dorothée Blank); and meets and has a brief affair with the military Antoine (Antoine Bourseiller). Finally she meets Dr. Valineau (Robert Postec), who gives her diagnosis. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (From the IMDb)
Monday April 21, 7:00PM Le Bonheur (1965)
Written and Directed by Agnès Varda (b. 1928, Brussels, Belgium)
Drama - In French w/ English Subtitles
Warning! Spoilers! Francois (Jean-Claude Drouot) is a young carpenter married with Therese (Claire Drouot). They have two little children. All goes well, life is beautiful, the sun shines and the birds sing. One day, Francois meets Emilie (Marie-France Boyer), they fall in love and become lovers. He still loves his wife and wants to share his new greater happiness with her. Written by Yepok. (From the IMDb)