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Les Plages d'Agn�s (The Beaches of Agnes) (2008)

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Average Rating: 8.1/10
Reviews Counted: 67
Fresh: 64 | Rotten: 3

An enchanting self-portrait by a veteran director, Beach of Agnes is equal parts playful and profound.

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Average Rating: 8.5/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 0

An enchanting self-portrait by a veteran director, Beach of Agnes is equal parts playful and profound.

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Produced and directed by French Left Bank giant Agn�s Varda as a summation of her long and enduring career, Agn�s' Beaches constitutes a free-floating essay film. It is comprised of various elements that collectively pay homage to Varda's past -- including clips from the director's features, dramatically reconstructed moments from Varda's life, and elaborate, almost baroque monuments created onscreen to symbolize specific ideas and concepts -- such as an opening scene with a number of

Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.

Documentary, Musical & Performing Arts, Art House & International

Directed By: Agn�s Varda

In Theaters: Sep 3, 2008 Wide

On DVD: Feb 22, 2010

Cinema Guild

The Beaches of Agnes is a work of delightful contradictions from a filmmaker who has always played by her own rules.

December 18, 2009 Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News

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Chris Vognar

Dallas Morning News

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Filmmakers don't usually do documentaries about themselves, but Agnes Varda's The Beaches of Agnes is good enough to start a trend.

October 30, 2009 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

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Varda recalls her childhood, her adulthood, her politics, and how both her films and her two children were born. She doesn't just show us, she takes us inside of it all, inside of her. It's a reverie.

October 1, 2009 Full Review Source: Boston Globe

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Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

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When was the last time you saw a world-renowned director converse with a cartoon cat or dress as a potato?

September 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Colin Covert

Minneapolis Star Tribune

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A captivating cine-memoir, impressionistic and surrealistic, surveying Varda's formidable career as a still photographer, filmmaker, documentarian, and life force.

September 3, 2009 Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

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Carrie Rickey

Philadelphia Inquirer

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In this visually witty 2008 memoir she's poring over her own past and its artifacts.

August 20, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

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Inventive look at Varda's life, films, photos and art.

January 7, 2011 Full Review Source: Classic Film and Television

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Michael E. Grost

Classic Film and Television

We should all be so lucky to have the chance to make movies about our own lives when we're much older; and as one of the lucky ones, Varda wastes no opportunity to provide a fun, humble, and shining entry.

April 1, 2010 Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews

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Jeffrey Chen

ReelTalk Movie Reviews

The uplifting meandering piece on the likable eccentric filmmaker, Varda, is self-reflective, poignant and heartfelt.

March 3, 2010 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

...[Varda proceeds] diagonally and discursively through her life and work while intermingling clips from her films, archival footage, and tongue-in-cheek reenactments...

January 30, 2010 Full Review Source: Playback:stl

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Sarah Boslaugh

Playback:stl

As evidenced in The Beaches of Agn�s, Varda is too venerable to be hip -- and too wholly alive to be venerated.

January 28, 2010 Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Joe Williams

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

You might not be able to write a book report on Varda after seeing her movie, but you do feel like you've spent a long, leisurely afternoon with her.

December 11, 2009 Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI)

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Rob Thomas

Capital Times (Madison, WI)

It's a unique, funny recollection of a life, through memories and moments.

October 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

A puckish, moving and wonderfully eccentric tour through her life.

October 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Dave Calhoun

Time Out

A deftly assembled, wry and touching self-portrait of Agn�s Varda as both a filmmaker and an endearing, indomitable spirit.

October 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Film4

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Jon Fortgang

Film4

A witty and engaging cine-autobiography.

October 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian [UK]

A touching, highly whimsical journey down memory lane.

October 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Observer [UK]

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Philip French

Observer [UK]

Although you will get more out of this self-portrait if you're a film-lover, it can be enjoyed simply for its touching, eloquent reflections on life in general.

October 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Times [UK]

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Edward Porter

Times [UK]

It's impossible not to open your heart to this film.

October 4, 2009 Comment

Sophie Mayer

Little White Lies

Poignant and illuminating, it's also suffused with Varda's playful, eccentric spirit.

October 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Total Film

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Tom Dawson

Total Film

Memory is a recurrent theme in Varda's work, and with this film she serves her own with warmth and skill.

October 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Filmstar Magazine

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Justin Postlethwaite

Filmstar Magazine Source: Filmstar Magazine

A loose-leaf diary in which the pages are shuffled by instinct, wit and surreal art.

October 4, 2009 Full Review Source: Financial Times

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

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Though probably not for everyone...I found this autobiographical documentary to be totally engaging and beautifully pieced together. Varda is a delightful mixture of eccentric teacher, quirky but loving grandmother and sublime artist with an eye for the abstract, but remarkably down to earth. All of these

April 20, 2010

Robert C

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French director Agnes Varda has an endearing, comfortable way of making a film seem like a spontaneous inspiration. It's as if she's shooting in real time and just following whatever tangent occurs to her in the moment. In the case of the autobiographical "The Beaches of Agnes," the story effortlessly skips between

September 16, 2011

Eric Broome

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