Legendary French female director passed away at the age of 90 2
According to Hollywood Reporter, she passed away surrounded by relatives, after a short battle with cancer.
Guardian critic Peter Bradshaw called Varda the greatest person in the New Wave movement of French cinema, the eternally youthful soul of world cinema.
Agnès Varda in her youth.
Agnès Varda was born on May 30, 1928 in Belgium, then moved to Paris.
Varda often intertwines psychological and documentary films.
Angelina Jolie presented an honorary Oscar to Varda.
With a background in photography, Varda also often uses still images in films and pays attention to details.
In her book The Cinema of Agnès Varda: Resistance and Eclecticism, critic Delphine Bénézet calls her the `mother` of the New Wave movement.
Varda’s `Faces Places` movie trailer
Trailer for the movie `Faces Places`.
Some of her other famous films are Cléo from 5 to 7 (1961), Vagabond (1984), Jacquot de Nantes (1991) and Faces Places (2017).
Agnès Varda married director Jacques Demy in 1962. He died in 1990. She had two children, Mathieu Demy (with Jacques) and Rosalie Varda (with theater director Antoine Bourseiller).
