Directed by Agnès Varda, Cléo From 5 to 7 was a hugely influential French New Wave film when released in 1962. Like François Truffaut's The 400 Blows screened yesterday, Cléo From 5 to 7 was shot in the streets of Paris among passers-by, giving it a special documentary realism. And because Varda was among the few female French directors of the era, the …
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