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Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)

Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)

Drama

The whole world... has made an appointment with...

Release Date: 1962, April 11
Directors: Agnès Varda
Countries: France, Italy
Production: Rome-Paris Films, Ciné-Tamaris
Cast: Alan Scott, Jean-Claude Brialy, José Luis de Vilallonga, Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blanck, Loye Payen, Renée Duchateau, Lucienne Marchand, Robert Postec, Anna Karina

Overview:

Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer 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 and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.

Keywords:

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