Cleo from 5 to 7

A stylish and thoughtful film about a pop singer wandering Paris as she awaits results of serious medical tests.

  • Director

    Agnès Varda

  • With

    Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dorothée Blanck, Michel Legrand

  • France 1961. 90min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    PG

  • English subtitles

Agnès Varda’s rightly celebrated second feature centres on a young pop singer whiling away a couple of hours in Paris while awaiting possibly serious results of medical tests; a fortune-teller’s card readings have only increased her anxiety. Documentary-style footage shot on the streets is punctuated by more stylised scenes (including a ravishing Legrand musical interlude) suggestive of the protagonist’s inner turmoil.

The screening on Wednesday 18 May will be introduced by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-Large

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