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Vagabond

(Sans toit ni loi, Agnès Varda, 1985)
Preceded by Ulysse (Agnès Varda, 1982)

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Sandrine Bonnaire won the César Award for Best Actress (the French equivalent of the Oscars) for her searing portrayal of the defiant drifter Mona, found frozen to death in a ditch at the beginning of Vagabond. Varda then pieces together Mona’s story through flashbacks told by those who encountered her (played by a largely nonprofessional cast), producing a splintered portrait of an enigmatic woman. One of the essential films of the 1980s. (105 mins., DCP)

The captivating short Ulysse sees Varda reexamining a photo she took three decades earlier, along with its mysterious subjects, producing a range of thoughts on memory, history, and time. (21 mins., DCP)

"In Vagabond, Varda has given the disenfranchised a podium; Bonnaire has given them poetry."
THE GLOBE AND MAIL (UK)
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Vagabond, courtesy Janus Films

vagabond

Vagabond, courtesy Janus Films

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Vagabond, courtesy Janus Films

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Ulysse, courtesy Janus Films

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