France • French • 1966 • 20m
Agnès Varda
Ostensibly a profile of the legendary surrealist poet Louis Aragon, this short documentary instead focuses on his wife, Elsa Triolet, a Prix Goncourt–awarded writer in her own right who nevertheless remains in her husband’s shadow.
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The Films of Agnès Varda
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