VAGABOND (SANS TOITS NI LOI) BY AGNES VARDA

The story of Vagabond revolves around a woman who was found frozen at the beginning of the film. Then in flashback we see the woman named Mona walking along the roadside to hide herself from the cops and looking for a ride. Along her way she meets with other vagabonds like her as well as the workers of Tunisian vineyard. She also sees a goat farmer's family, a professor, and a envious maid who is jealous of her beautiful and passionate lifestyle. Mona reveals about her past as an office going woman who decides to unsettle in her life by waving hands to all her responsibilities. As the film rolls we find Mona's condition to get worsen up until she falls and freezes on the ditch where the film has began.

Key casts of Vagabond are Sandrine Bonnaire as Mona Bergeron, Setti Ramdane as Moroccan, Francis Balchere as the Police and others.



10 reasons you should watch Vagabond:

1. A film with straight forward narrative scenes having pseudo documentary sequences.
2. Vagabond has won a number of prestigious awards.
3. Agnes Varda has created a masterpiece with this film.
4. Excellent cinematography by Patrick Blossier.
5. A stunning performance by Sandrine Bonnaire.
6. The film is captivating, haunting and uncompromising.
7. The charismatic locations and the presence of Sandrine Bonnaire over there.
8. This top foreign language film focuses on the life and various difficulties of a female drifter who enjoys solitude and who has no attachment with the people she encounters.
9. Vagabond is one the best French movies ever made.
10. The film ranks under top 100 foreign films of all time.

I also recommend you to watch these two movies:

The Young Girls of Rochefort - The film is about two sisters living in Rochefort.

The Beaches of Agnes - The film is an autobiographical documentary on the life of director Agnes.

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*Agnès Varda (born 30 May 1928) is a French film director.
*Varda was born Arlette Varda in Brussels, Belgium.
*Her movies, photographs, and art installations focus on documentary realism, feminist issues, and social commentary - with a distinct experimental style.Varda decided to shoot a feature film of her own.
*Varda's first film, La Pointe Courte, about an unhappy couple working through their relationship in a small fishing town, was released.
*Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005.
*Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1983.
*Legally changed her first name from Arlette to Agnès when she turned 18.

*1956 La Pointe Courte Director, Writer
*1962 Cléo de 5 à 7 (Cléo from 5 to 7) Director, Writer
*1965 Le Bonheur (Happiness) Director, Writer
*1969 Lions Love (Lions Love) Director, Writer, Producer
*1975 Daguerréotypes Director, Writer
*1977 L'Une chante, l'autre pas
(One Sings, the Other Doesn't) Director, Writer
*1980-1981 Documenteur (Documenteur) Director, Writer
*1985 Sans toit ni loi (Vagabond) Director, Writer, Editor
*1986-1987 Jane B. par Agnès V.
(Jane B. by Agnes V) Director, Writer, Editor
*1987 Kung-Fu Master Le Petit amour Director, Writer
*1991 Jacquot de Nantes - Director, Writer
*1993 Les demoiselles ont eu 25 ans
(The Young Girls Turn 25) Director, Writer
*1994 Les Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma
(A Hundred and One Nights) Director, Writer
*2000 Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse
(The Gleaners and I) Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
*2003 Lion volatil, Le Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
*2008 Les plages d'Agnès
(The Beaches of Agnes) Director, Writer, Producer

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