Agnes Varda salutes her late husband’s idiosyncratic moviemaking career in this sublime documentary. An accomplished filmmaker herself, Varda wisely eschews a traditional talking-heads approach, using her breathtaking command of cinematic technique to chat with Anouk Aimee, inter-cut clips from her starring role in LOLA (1961), then reunite her with long-ago costar Marc Michel. When relying on testimonials, Varda gives equal weight to reminiscences from Demy’s famous coworkers (e.g. Jeanne Moreau, Catherine Deneuve) and to personal recollections from his fans. Along the way, she treats the audience to sequences from Demy’s classics (UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1964), DON...
Released:
2003
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins