Jane B. par Agnès V.
France • 1988
Director
Synopsis
The interests, obsessions, and fantasies of two singular artists converge in this inspired collaboration between Agnès Varda and her longtime friend the actor Jane Birkin. Made over the course of a year and motivated by Birkin’s fortieth birthday—a milestone she admits to some anxiety over—Jane B. by Agnès V. contrasts the private, reflective Birkin with Birkin the icon.
Synopsis
The interests, obsessions, and fantasies of two singular artists converge in this inspired collaboration between Agnès Varda and her longtime friend the actor Jane Birkin. Made over the course of a year and motivated by Birkin’s fortieth birthday—a milestone she admits to some anxiety over—Jane B. by Agnès V. contrasts the private, reflective Birkin with Birkin the icon.
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Credits
Crew
DirectorAgnès Varda
WriterAgnès Varda
CinematographerPierre-Laurent Chénieux, Nurith Aviv
EditorAgnès Varda, Marie-Josée Audiard
Cast
Jane Birkinas Calamity Jane / Claude Jade / Joan Arc
Jean-Pierre Léaudas The Angry Lover
Philippe Léotardas Painter / Murderer
Farid Chopelas Colonial
Alain Souchonas Verlaine's Reader