The Beaches of Agnes

PG / Agnes Varda / 2008 / The Beaches of Agnes / France
“If you opened people up, you would find landscapes; if you opened me up, you would find beaches. Many old people wish to tell their life. As an old filmmaker, with the enthusiasm and energy of my youth, I tried to find a style and a form to tell my memories, my encounters, the ups and downs of my life. I shot my film as a kaleidoscope, a collage, a fantasy.’ For more than five decades, Varda has been making short and feature films, documentaries and video installations. Irrepressible and enquiring, she is a force of nature even at eighty. Now in her last film she returns to the beaches which have played such a significant part in her life to create an autobiography that is idiosyncratic, engaging and deeply moving.