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Vagabond
Vagabond
8.7
/10
18,280 Ratings

VAGABOND

Sans toit ni loi

Directed by Agnès Varda
France, 1985
Drama

Synopsis

In the south of France, during winter, a young drifter named Mona is found frozen to death in a ditch. Through flashbacks, those who have met her—including a Tunisian vineyard worker and a family of goat farmers—talk of their interactions, revealing the story of an enigmatic and defiant woman.

Synopsis

In the south of France, during winter, a young drifter named Mona is found frozen to death in a ditch. Through flashbacks, those who have met her—including a Tunisian vineyard worker and a family of goat farmers—talk of their interactions, revealing the story of an enigmatic and defiant woman.

Our take

A classic in Varda’s filmography, this film is as uncompromising in its portrayal of a woman who will not adjust as it is in its daring story structure. Winner of the Golden Lion in Venice, it is both a testimony to the director’s profound humanism and to her critical eye on our social judgments.