The Beaches of Agnès
Varda: A Retrospective
December 20, 2019 - January 6, 2020
A poignant work of cinematic memoir, The Beaches of Agnès travels back through Varda’s remarkable life, and like water on the shore, encapsulates the ephemerality of time and memory.
Introductions by Annette Insdorf on Dec. 29 and Rosalie Varda on Jan. 5
As she neared her 80th birthday, Varda was thinking of beaches: the fishing boats of her childhood in Sète, her walks with Jacques Demy on the shores of Noirmoutier, her late-sixties sojourn to the California coast. Following this thread, she collaged a poignant work of cinematic memoir. The Beaches of Agnès offers a remarkable glimpse of the history Varda lived through, spanning World War II, the Cuban Revolution, and the rise of the feminist movement in France; and it’s equally meditative on the films and art that spoke to her throughout her life. But as she travels back in time, Varda is most moved by remembering long-lost friends, and wonders how much a photograph can protect their memories from the washing of the tide.
Playing as part of Varda: A Retrospective, December 20-January 6. See showtimes & get tickets.
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