Cléo from 5 to 7
Apr 11 1962
•2h 30m
•Drama
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. 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 and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.
Cast
See allCorinne Marchand
Florence 'Cléo' Victoire
Antoine Bourseiller
Antoine
Dominique Davray
Angèle
Dorothée Blanck
Dorothée
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