Prime Time Film Screening: The Beaches of Agnès

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Held on Wed, Nov 1, 2023, 1:30 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1

Les plages d’Agnès (The Beaches of Agnès). 2008. France. Written and directed by Agnès Varda. Courtesy of Cinema Guild/Photofest. ©️ Cinema Guild Image description: A group of seven individuals dressed in white are dancing on the beach. The central figure dressed in black, filmmaker Agnès Varda, smiles as she looks at the others engaging in movement and embracing one another.

Join us for Turning the Lens, a series of films that delve into coming-of-age stories at various life stages. These films explore both unique and universal journeys to self-discovery through the lens of individual characters. This screening of Les plages d’Agnès (The Beaches of Agnès) will be followed by a Q&A with MoMA staff.

Space is limited and advance registration is required.

Les plages d’Agnès (The Beaches of Agnès). 2008. France. Written and directed by Agnès Varda. 35mm. 113 min.
In this autobiographical documentary, celebrated French filmmaker Agnès Varda provides a window into her eventful life as she revisits various locales that have been important to her. This film is not a formal memoir, but rather a means by which Varda considers the many avenues of her rich life, recalling significant moments of joy, creation, love, and loss. In French; English subtitles

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Major funding is provided by Volkswagen of America, The Taft Foundation, and by the Werner and Elaine Dannheisser Fund for Older Adults at MoMA in honor of Agnes Gund.

Additional support is provided by the Sarah K. de Coizart Article TENTH Perpetual Charitable Trust, the Allene Reuss Memorial Trust, the J.E. and Z.B. Butler Foundation, the Megara Foundation, The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., the Von Seebeck-Share B. Charitable Trust, The Elroy and Terry Krumholz Foundation, and the Annual Education Fund.

This film is part of Prime Time.

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