The Beaches of Agnès (2008)

Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.

Cast (52)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Agnès Varda

Self

A

André Lubrano

Self

B

Blaise Fournier

Self

V

Vincent Fournier

Self

A

Andrée Vilar

Self

S

Stéphane Vilar

Self

C

Christophe Vilar

Self

Rosalie Varda

Self

Mathieu Demy

Self

C

Christophe Vallaux

Self

M

Mireille Henrio

Self

D

Didier Rouget

Self

A

Anne-Laure Manceau

Agnès Varda jeune

G

Gerald Ayres

Self

Jim McBride

Self

T

Tracy McBride

Self

Patricia Louisianna Knop

Self

Zalman King

Self

Richard Scarry

Self

Eugene Kotlyarenko

Self

Laura Betti

Self (archive footage)

Jane Birkin

Self/La croupière

Sandrine Bonnaire

Self (archive footage)

Antoine Bourseiller

Self (archive footage)

Nino Castelnuovo

Self (archive footage)

Robert De Niro

Self (archive footage)

C

Constantin Demy

Self

Jacques Demy

Self (archive footage)

J

Joséphine Demy

Self

Catherine Deneuve

Self (archive footage)

Gérard Depardieu

Le beatnik (archive footage)

France Dougnac

Self (archive footage)

Harrison Ford

Self (archive footage)

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Self (archive footage)

Serge Gainsbourg

Self (archive footage)

Julie Gayet

Self (archive footage)

E

Emilien Lazaron

Self

Michel Legrand

Self (archive footage)

Valérie Mairesse

Self (archive footage)

Sabine Mamou

Self (archive footage)

Corinne Marchand

Self (archive footage)

Chris Marker

Self (archive footage)

Silvia Monfort

Self (archive footage)

Yolande Moreau

Self - racontant un souvenir d'enfance d'Agnès Varda

Jim Morrison

Self (archive footage)

Philippe Noiret

Self (archive footage)

Michel Piccoli

Self (archive footage)

James Rado

Self (archive footage)

Gerome Ragni

Self (archive footage)

E

Elizabeth Raiss

Young Gwen

A

Alain René

Self

Viva

Self (archive footage)

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