Description
At the sea shore, a goat, a child, and a naked man. This is a photograph taken in 1954 by Agnès Varda. The goat was dead, the child was named Ulysses, and the man was naked. Starting from this frozen image, the film explores the real and the imaginary
About the director:
Agnès Varda
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.