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Movie Overview
Cast
• Agnes Varda
Director
• Agnes Varda
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
The Beaches of Agnes (2009)

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OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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4/5
"a film that acknowledges time and age without completely giving into their grim results."  Filmcritic.com  Chris Cabin

A-
"At 80, French New Wave legend Agnes Varda creates a lucid and passionate cinematic memoir that is transformative in its effortless ability to connect the director's life story to her ever-present artistic impulses that are just as strong today as when she"  ColeSmithey.com  Cole Smithey

"In The Beaches of Agnès, the "game" of cinema is endlessly fascinating, as what was and what can be come together on screen."  PopMatters  Cynthia Fuchs

"Varda turns the camera on herself and her own life, even though she convincingly posits that she's much more interested in other people."  House Next Door  Dan Callahan

3/4
"As insistently wry as it is haunting."  Slant Magazine  Eric Henderson

"Playful and lucid, the film gives the heartening impression of endless hunger for people, experiences and images, of the camera's privileged ability to capture lived life."  Slant Magazine  Fernando F. Croce

"A film as unique and impressive as its subject."  eFilmCritic.com  Peter Sobczynski

4/5
"Varda brings a playful attitude to this whimsical stroll through her life, telling stories and showing photos and clips that chronicle both her career and her personal life. It meanders a bit, but it's also thoroughly engaging."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

8/10
"Agnes Varda shows us what modern film making is all about in a whimsical look at a cinematic genius."  Monsters and Critics  Ron Wilkinson

10/10
"The kind of film that will make you feel better about cinema, humanity, and life itself."  Antagony & Ecstasy  Tim Brayton
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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