Cléo from 5 to 7
Release Date
1961
Film Synopsis
A selfish and beautiful pop singer wanders through 1960s Paris while awaiting the results of a biopsy.
Legendary filmmaker Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer (Corinne Marchand) set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy and grapples with a possible cancer diagnosis. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and the late Anna Karina.