Agnes Varda

Agnès Varda (1928-2019 😿) was a Belgian-born badass film director and crucial part of the French New Wave. If you're new to her work, I recommend starting with "Le Bonheur" (1964).

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'One Sings, the Other Doesn't' (1977) by Agnes Varda

Vibe: "One Sings, the Other Doesn't" is a Disney-esque fairy tale musical, but with nudity, abortion, and suicide. At the time, it annoyed many critics who found it unrealistic or polarizing. Spoiler alert: most of those critics were men, although Pauline Kael was also not a
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