Cléo from 5 to 7
Cléo de 5 à 7
France • 1962
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#73Criterion Collection →Synopsis
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer (Corinne Marchand) set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, CLÉO FROM 5 TO 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand (THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG) and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
Synopsis
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer (Corinne Marchand) set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, CLÉO FROM 5 TO 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand (THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG) and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
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Credits
Crew
DirectorAgnès Varda
WriterAgnès Varda
CinematographerJean Rabier, Alain Levent, Paul Bonis
ComposerMichel Legrand
EditorJanine Verneau, Pascale Laverrière
ProducerGeorges de Beauregard, Carlo Ponti
Cast
Corinne Marchandas Florence 'Cléo' Victoire
Antoine Bourseilleras Antoine