The So-Called Caryatids
Jan 01 1984
•0h 12m
•Documentary, TV Movie
Commissioned by French television, this is a short documentary on the neo-classical statues found throughout Paris, predominantly on the walls of buildings, holding up windows, roofs etc.
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Agnès Varda
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