Drama
French (Cléo de 5 à 7)
1962 · Directed by Agnès Varda · 90 min
A young Paris pop singer spends two hours waiting for the results of a medical test. The film follows her through streets, cafés, taxis and apartments in near-real time, mixing superstition, vanity and fear with close observation of a living city.
Why it matters in cinema history
A central film of the Left Bank current of the New Wave, and an early example of a woman director using subjective experience and ordinary time as serious cinematic subject matter.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a study of being looked at: notice who gazes at Cléo, and how she responds to mirrors, windows and strangers.
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