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Championed by Agnès

To accompany the release of Varda by Agnès we present a selection of films championed at various times by the great filmmaker.

It's a selection of films that represents various facets of Varda's character; from her playful, rebel spirit to the faces and places of her life: films from fellow Nouvelle vague contemporaries and American independents reflecting her stint in 'Californialand'.

A Woman Under the Influence A Woman Under the Influence

Drama 1974 146 mins Director: John Cassavetes

John Cassavetes' powerful drama stars Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk as a blue-collar couple struggling to cope with the wife's slide into mental illness.

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The Marriage of Maria Braun The Marriage of Maria Braun

Drama 1978 120 mins Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

With a blazing star performance from Hanna Schygulla in the title role, this was the greatest critical and commercial success of Fassbinder’s career.

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Paris, Texas Paris, Texas

Drama 1984 145 mins Director: Wim Wenders

The late, great Harry Dean Stanton's finest role came as the near-mute Travis, on a journey across America to reunite his family, in Wim Wenders' moving tale of loss and redemption.

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Theorem Theorem

Drama 1968 98 mins Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pasolini’s classic about a handsome, enigmatic stranger (Terence Stamp) who arrives at a bourgeois household and seduces an entire family.

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L'Age D'Or L'Age D'Or

Animation & Artists Moving Image 1930 63 mins Director: Luis Buñuel

Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali unite for this masterpiece of cinematic surrealism remains as brilliantly witty and shocking as ever, more than 80 years on.

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Rashomon Rashomon

Crime 1950 88 mins Director: Akira Kurosawa

Credited with bringing Japanese cinema to worldwide audiences, Akira Kurosawa’s breakthrough tells the story of a murder in the woods from four differing perspectives.