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Cléo de 5 à 7

Duration
1 hr 26 min

An Agnès Varda classic, shot entirely on location in the streets of Paris, about a young woman waiting to hear her biopsy results. With music from Michel Legrand and cameos by Legrand, Jean-Luc Godard, and Anna Karina.

Cléo is afraid she might have cancer. With two hours to wait for her test results, she goes outside and wanders around, becoming increasingly anxious. In a park she meets a young soldier, Antoine, set to ship out to Algeria that evening. With him, she finds the comfort she needs...

Directed by: Agnès Varda (France, 1961, black and white)
Cast: Corinne Marchand (Cléo), Antoine Bourseiller (Antoine), Dorothée Blank (Dorothée), Michel Legrand (Bob), Serge Korber (Plumitif), Dominique Davray (Angèle), José-Luis de Villalonga (the lover)
Genre: comedy drama