Container of (work): Pointe courte (Motion picture) Container of (work): Ô saisons, ô chateaux. Container of (work): Du côté de la côte. Coasting along the coast
Notes:
Title from disc label. La point courte: Silvia Monfort, Philippe Noiret, les habitants de La Pointe-Courte. Ô saisons, ô chateaux: narrator: Danièle Delorme ; poems recited by Antoine Bourseiller. Issued in a boxed set entitled: The complete films of Agnès Varda. Digitally restored. Special features: Conversation between Varda and actor and filmmaker Mathieu Amalric from 2012 on the challenges of producing first features; Interview with Varda on 'La pointe courte, ' conducted in 2007; Excerpt from a 1964 episode of 'Cinéastes de notre temps' on the French New Wave; Appreciation of 'La pointe courte' by author Jhumpa Lahiri from 2017; Introductions to 'Ô saisons, ô chateaux' and 'Du côté de la côte' by Agnès Varda, recorded in 2007.
Contents:
La pointe courte / Ciné-Tamaris présente ; scénario et réalisation, Agnès Varda (1955, black and white, 80 min.; 1.37:1; LPCM 1.0) -- Ô saisons, ô chateaux (1958, color, 21 min.; 1.37:1; Dolby digital 1.0) -- Du côté de la côte = Coasting along the coast (1958, color, 27 min.; 1.33:1; Dolby digital 1.0).
Summary:
La pointe courte: A film about a fishing town and a married couple who are evaluating their changing relationship. Varda juxtaposes the two tales to create a unique perspective on life. Ô saisons, ô chateaux: A tour of the chateaux of the Loire district in France, accompanied by a playful text and excerpts from French poems. Du côté de la côte: "A humorous travelogue of the French Riviera."--IMDB, viewed February 5, 2021
Series:
The complete films of Agnès Varda ; program 2 The Criterion Collection
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