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Vagabond (1985)

Vagabond poster
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
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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)

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