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Vagabond

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Mona Bergeron (Sandrine Bonnaire) is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her death. Through these flashbacks, Mona gradually declines as she travels from place to place, taking odd jobs and staying with whomever will offer her a place to sleep. Mona is fiercely independent, craving freedom over comfort, but it is this desire to be free that will eventually lead to her demise.

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Julie Salamon Wall Street Journal Through this tough, memorable film, Ms. Varda reaches for our humanity with a force that very few movies can muster. Aug 10, 2022 Full Review David Jenkins Little White Lies This smooth, gliding action gives the camera the feel of a floating apparition observing a moment while in transit, attempting to draw in as much detail as possible but never stopping to stare. Jun 28, 2018 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian An unmissable film from this great director. Rated: 5/5 Jun 27, 2018 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills A head-on portrait of a woman who vehemently refuses all such social conformities. Mar 22, 2024 Full Review Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) Features a career-defining performance from Sandrine Bonnaire as Mona, a young woman who decides to live her life free from the trappings of modern society. Feb 13, 2024 Full Review Joe Muldoon Battle Royale With Cheese Vagabond is Varda at her finest. Jan 16, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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thiago s Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/09/25 Full Review Marlene M Up there with “Dream Life of Angels”, the lost girl. An antidote to the hollywood Pretty Woman culture. It has a poetry all of its own as it deftly moves from scene to scene, engendered by the silence, the strange haunting music, the spare acting and the many and varied situations which speak so much to us, in all it’s subtle and invisible ways. Aspects of its poetic crazed beauty never shy from speaking stark truths. Vargas’ film Cleo (very different, made in the 1960s) also highly recommended. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/25 Full Review Audience Member simplesmente perfeito Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/28/24 Full Review Audience Member Kudos to Agnes Varda for always taking an interest in the underbelly of society, but watching a generally miserable, difficult, ungrateful and filthy person slowly and grimly plod through the hobo life during a cold French winter was a bit too excruciating for me. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/24 Full Review Audience Member It was produced in 1985, but it is familiar and looks like today’s California and San Francisco. Today’s San Francisco has more homeless and more deaths, thanks to Democratic Party politicians’ weird policies. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/09/23 Full Review Nicholas L So beautiful and tragic. An irreplaceable film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Mona Bergeron (Sandrine Bonnaire) is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her death. Through these flashbacks, Mona gradually declines as she travels from place to place, taking odd jobs and staying with whomever will offer her a place to sleep. Mona is fiercely independent, craving freedom over comfort, but it is this desire to be free that will eventually lead to her demise.
Director
Agnès Varda
Producer
Oury Milshtein
Screenwriter
Agnès Varda
Production Co
Films A2, Ciné Tamaris
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (DVD)
May 11, 2004
Runtime
1h 45m