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The Films of Agnès Varda

T’as de beaux escaliers, tu sais

3m 48s

Directed by Agnès Varda • 1986 • France
Starring Isabelle Adjani

Isabelle Adjani narrates an architectural tribute to the Cinémathèque française on its fiftieth anniversary.

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    Directed by Agnès Varda • 1991 • France
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    Agnès Varda’s tender evocation of the childhood of her husband, Jacques Demy—a dream project that she realized for him when he became too ill to direct it himself—is a wonder-filled portrait of the...

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