Clio de 5 @ 71. Production contexts -- Agnes Varda's career up to Cleo de 5 a 7, or the game of art and chance -- The genesis of Cleo de 5 a 7 -- Agnes Varda and Cleo de 5 a 7 in the context of the new wave -- Historical contexts : the backdrop of the Algerian war -- 2. Structure, style and themes -- An unusual narrative structure : 13 chapters in 'real' time -- A 'subjective documentary' : focalisation, character inferiority and realism -- The spoilt child, the Maid-cum-Madam and the chatterbox : characters in Cleo de 5 a 7 -- Cleo de 5 a 7 as a filmic illustration of the existentialist zeitgeist -- The loneliness of the flaneuse -- Paris : city of light and enlightenment -- Nature and death -- Nudity and costume, truth and masks -- 3. Reception -- Box office and reviews -- A feminist film? |
