Description
An intimate portrait of the small shops and shopkeepers of the Rue Daguerre in Paris, a picturesque street that has been the filmmaker’s home for more than 50 years
The business owners and shops of Paris’ rue Daguerre are the street’s lifeblood: bakers, tailors, butchers, perfumers, music-store clerks, and others, who, between the everyday rituals of their work, talk of their lives, relationships, and dreams
About the director:
Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda was a French-Belgian filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist who became a pioneering force in cinema — often called the “godmother” of the French New Wave — after making her first film, «La Pointe Courte», with no formal training and having seen fewer than ten films, breaking conventions with its dual narrative structure years before the movement officially began. Over 64 years, she created a diverse body of fiction and documentary work marked by an evocative blend of reality and fantasy, with enduring concerns for women, the disenfranchised, time, and representation. In her later years, despite macular degeneration, she embraced a “third life” as a visual artist, staging exhibitions like «Patatutopia» at the Venice Biennale, and continued making acclaimed autobiographical films – including «The Beaches of Agnès», «Faces Places», and «Varda by Agnès» — until her death at 90.