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"The great Agnes Varda's film career began with this graceful, penetrating study of a marriage on the rocks, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. Both a stylized depiction of the complicated relationship between a married couple and a documentary-like look at...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Barbaud, Pierre (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Ciné Tamaris (Firm), Janus Films, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Varda, Agnès, 1928-2019 (Screenwriter, Director), Monfort, Silvia (Actor), Noiret, Philippe (Actor)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	French
Language Notes:	In French with optional English subtitles.
Published:	[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2007]
Edition:	Director-approved special ed.
Series:	Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 419.
Subjects:	Marriage > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Fishing villages > France > Sète > Drama. Foreign films. Feature films. Motion pictures, French.

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Summary:	"The great Agnes Varda's film career began with this graceful, penetrating study of a marriage on the rocks, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. Both a stylized depiction of the complicated relationship between a married couple and a documentary-like look at the daily struggles of the locals, Varda's discursive, gorgeously filmed debut was radical enough to later be considered one of the progenitors of the coming French new wave."--Container.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. Released theatrically by Janus Films. Released in boxed set titled: 4 by Agnès Varda. Booklet includes essays by Chris Darke, Adrian Martin, Amy Taubin, and Ginette Vincendeau; plus, a foreword on each film by Varda herself. Special features: video interview with Agnès Varda; excerpts from an episode of Cinéastes de notre temps: "La nouvelle vague par elle-même" / directed by Robert Valey (May 19, 1964). Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([56] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Format:	DVD, NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital mono. 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Production Credits:	Editor, Alain Resnais, Anne Sarraute ; cinematography, Louis Stein ... [et al.] ; music, Pierre Barbaud.
ISBN:	193412186X 9781934121863 1934121851 (set) 9781934121856 (set)