Cléo from 5 to 7

“A portrait of a woman painted on top of a documentary about Paris,” Agnès Varda has aptly called her first major success, which originally takes place in real time. But well to feel for exactly the hour and a half of the photo model Cléo's life, during which she waits for the result of a medical examination that she fears will mean a death sentence. Cléo (Corinne Marchand) moves around and around the city — from Rue de Rivoli over Pont Neuf and small streets via Boulevard Raspail, Parc Montsouris, Place d'Italie — on a distinctive psycho-geographical journey. Cléo speaks only in detours about her anxiety, but her look at the shapes and residents of the city says a lot. Both formally and psychologically, the film was one of the most interesting French films of the 1960s, placing Varda in the front row of his generation.

Directed by: Agnès Varda
Starring: Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blank, Michel Legrand
Country/year: France, 1961
Running time: 90 min.
Formato: DCP
Language: Danish subtitles
Age limit: Allowed for children over 15
Original title: Cléo de 5 à 7

Part of the series: Filmuniversitetet - morgen
In collaboration with Film and Media Studies at the University of Copenhagen, Cinemateket shows important film historical milestones. The films are shown on Tuesday mornings at 9.15am and always with a 15-minute introduction by the university's film history experts.