Cléo de 5 a 7: Existential Feminist Starter Pack

Hello and welcome to Episode 2 of our Agnès Varda Deep Dive! It is clear that La Pointe Courte is a useful starting point for exploring her filmography, because it sets the tone for not only her love for people and places, but also her deep connection to the medium itself. However, Cléo de 5 a 7 uses a very different lens,  as it offers an exciting perspective about a beautiful French singer in a period so saturated by men auteurs and also their speculations about women. While Cléo’s blind vanity makes her a pretty unlikeable character, it is still a pleasure to watch. Join us to discuss the way Varda both relies on and subverts a dependence on temporality to frame her feminist exploration of existentialism.