The Complete Podcast
The Complete Podcast
Matthew Gasteier
The Complete Varda 2 – Cléo from 5 to 7
1 hour 44 minutes Posted Feb 25, 2023 at 4:45 pm.
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MUBI on Twitter: "Agnès Varda with daughter, Rosalie, behind the scenes of CLÉO FROM 5 TO 7. https://t.co/8rovoNAMSe" / Twitter

On the second episode of the fifth season, Matt and Travis quickly encounter Varda’s most famous and praised film, the New Wave masterpiece Cléo from 5 to 7. Made seven years after her debut, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a portrait of a young woman waiting for medical test results and wandering through contemporary Paris in real time. We discuss Varda’s role in the FNW movement, her use of narrative and technical devices to present her feminist themes, and the film’s enduring legacy and new appearance on the 2022 Sight and Sound list of the best films ever made.