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Cleo from 5 to 7

Cléo de 5 à 7

1962

Agnès Varda

Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dorothée Blanck, Loye Payen ...

7.4

4,980

Drama Cleo From 5 to 7 (Cleo de cinq a sept), per its title, concentrates on two hours in the life of a woman. Those hours are desperate ones, in that Cleo, a pop singer, awaits the results of her tests for cancer. Director Agnes Varda stages the film in "real" rather than subjective time, its various episodes divided into chapters, using significant Tarot cards. During the allotted time, Cleo visits her friends, tries to sing her worries away, spends money, and cries. [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"'Cléo from 5 to 7' plays today as startlingly modern (...) It seems as innovative and influential as any New Wave film (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"Another French film that fairly glitters with photographic and cinematic 'style,' yet fails to do more than skim the surface of a cryptic dramatic theme"
		Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"Beautifully shot and realized, this film offers an irreplaceable time capsule of Paris (...) Innovative and thrilling"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A brilliant, pioneering film (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		David Parkinson Empire	"One of the Nouvelle Vague's boldest achievements (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"Masterpiece (...) Exquisite (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Variety	"[Varda] keeps alive interest in the girl and her plight (...) Corinne Marchand is well utilized"
		Keith Phipps AV Club	"A brilliant example of Varda's ability to get at places usually left unacknowledged, misunderstood, and ignored."
		Wally Hammond Time Out	"Quietly touching and profound"
		Eric Henderson Slant	"'Cléo from 5 to 7' moves with grace from one emotional extreme to the next (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

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