Jacquot de Nantes (1991)
- Directed by
- Agnès Varda
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 62 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Agnès Varda recreates the childhood of her husband Jacques Demy in Nantes during World War Two. The film shows his early fascination with the crafts of movie making like set design and animation. Brief real scenes of Demy are mixed with the fictional story.
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What happens
Jacquot de Nantes is a 1991 French coming of age and drama film directed by Agnès Varda. It was screened out of competition at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. The film is a portrait of the making of an artist; recreating the early life of Varda's husband, Jacques Demy, in Occupied France and his interest in the various crafts associated with filmmaking, such as casting, set design, animation and lighting. The fictional sections set in wartime Nantes are matched with brief documentary interludes involving Demy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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