Jacquot de Nantes

Lynch/Fellini

Agnes Varda is painfully under seen stateside. Here, she presents one of her most personal films, a loving portrait of her husband, the great Jacques Demy. I don't cry usually, but this made me teary eyed!

alvaro03

Exquisita. Yo creo que ya pasa a formar parte de mis 10 películas francesas preferidas. Es una pena que ni la calidad de la imagen ni los subtitulos en español estén a la altura que demanda esta película tan sensible y poética. Un autentico descubrimiento

El Biffo

I am a huge fan of Varda and Demy, too. Having seen almost all of both of their films added greatly to my enjoyment of this dramatization of his childhood (mixed with clips from his films as they relate to his childhood influences), and my adoration for Agnes Varda is even greater than before.

Stefan Drees

Agnès Varda's portrait of her husband Jacques Demy's childhood and youth is an incredible mixture of biopic, documentary and film essay.

EdieEmm

I'd never advocate anything less than full immersion in a film, but, Varda docs really are perfect for long flights/hectic layovers. As easy to slip in & out of as they themselves slip between their own elements: Memory & presence, fact & insight... Like flowing with a tide. Engaging. And poignant, given Demy's death the year before its release; while as always, Varda manages sentiment with no sap. Really lovely. 3.5

jorge monteleone

Un film de una dulzura exquisita, una biografía de la infancia de Jacques Demy que asimismo es un poema visual de amor, y a la vez una elegía, porque allí está ese cuerpo del hombre amado que ya era un fantasma y que la pantalla, como una vaga escena de ultratumba, recrea, ilumina y vacía en la playa de Agnes.

dionysus67

A sweet and tender mural executed with a poetic and historical sense of creativity's entaglement with history. Varda's Demy is presented in three parallel narratives: the historical reconstruction of his childhood until his entry into cinema, his own brief testomonials and extracts from his films. The latter's colorful palette matches beautifully with Varda's heightened sense of artifice (e.g. the puppet theatre).

lou.

Oh! Que c'est beau ce film! C'est une vétitable chef-d'œuvre! Une magnifique portrait du réalisateur Jacques Demy par sa femme Agnes Varda: combien d'amour et de poésie dans ce joyau de l'historire du cinéma français. Souvenirs d'enfance, de guerre, la passion, presque charnelle, pour le cinéma artisanal, fait à-la-main. Je l'ai aimé à la folie, quoi. Absolument à voir (et encore, et encore).