Vagabond (1985)

Original title

Sans toit ni loi

Directed by

Agnès Varda

Genre

drama film, road movie

Country

France

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

12

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 366 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film starts with the discovery of a young woman's body in a ditch. It then moves backward to show her final months wandering alone through the French countryside, with flashbacks revealing the people she encountered and the choices she made.

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What happens

Vagabond (French: Sans toit ni loi, literally "without roof or law") is a 1985 French drama film written and directed by Agnès Varda and starring Sandrine Bonnaire. Beginning with the discovery of a young female vagabond in a ditch, the film tells—via flashbacks—the story of her last winter, which she spent wandering around the Languedoc-Roussillon wine country. The film premiered at the 42nd Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion, and was nominated for four César Awards, with Bonnaire winning Best Actress. It was the 36th highest-grossing film of the year in France, with a total of 1,080,143 admissions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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