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La Pointe-Courte

Varda, Agnès, 1928-2019 (screenwriter,, film director.). Monfort, Silvia, (actor.). Noiret, Philippe, (actor.). Resnais, Alain, 1922-2014 (film editor.). Sarraute, Anne, 1930-2008 (film editor.). Stein, Lou, (director of photography.). Soulignac, Paul, (director of photography.). Soulanes, Louis, 1924-2013 (director of photography.). Barbaud, Pierre, (composer.). Janus Films. (Added Author). Ciné Tamaris (Firm) (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Silvia Monfort, Philippe Noiret, les habitants de La Pointe-Courte. (Cast).

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 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.

DVD  - 2007
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Subject
Marriage > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Fishing villages > France > Sète > Drama.
Genre
Motion pictures, French.
Motion pictures.
French language films.
Feature films.
Motion pictures, French.
Feature films.
Foreign language films.
Drama.
Video recordings.
  • Physical Description videodisc
    1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([56] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
  • Edition Director-approved special ed. ; fullscreen presentation.
  • Publisher [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2007]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.
Released in boxed set titled: 4 by Agnès Varda.
Special features: Agnés Varda interview (recorded 2007); excerpts from an episode of Cinéastes de notre temps: "La nouvelle vague par elle-même" (directed by Robert Valey, May 19, 1964).
GMD: videodisc.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Editors, Alain Resnais, Anne Sarraute ; cinematography, Louis Stein, Paul Soulignac, Louis Soulanes, Bernard Grasberg ; script, Jane Vilardebo ; music, Pierre Barbaud.
Participant or Performer Note: Silvia Monfort, Philippe Noiret, les habitants de La Pointe-Courte.
System Details Note:
DVD; region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.
Language Note:
In French with optional English subtitles.

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