Jane B. par Agnès V.
Agnès Varda
Jane B. par Agnès V. is a cinema-portrait where we discover Jane Birkin in all her forms, in all her states and over several seasons. Jane is herself, but also others: Jane of Arc, Calamity Jane, the Jane of Tarzan and also of Gainsbourg. She changes faces and roles to enjoy herself with Agnès who films around her, disguising her, offering her fictions or tributes.
With : Jane Birkin, Claude Jade, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Philippe Léotard, Farid Chopel, Alain Souchon, Serge Gainsbourg, Laura Betti, Monique Godard, Ian Marshall,Charlotte Gainsbourg, Mathieu Demy
Screenplay : Agnès Varda
Image : Pierre-Laurent Chénieux, Nurith Aviv
Sound : Jean-Paul Mugel
Editing : Marie-Josée Audiard, Agnès Varda
Screenplay : Agnès Varda
Image : Pierre-Laurent Chénieux, Nurith Aviv
Sound : Jean-Paul Mugel
Editing : Marie-Josée Audiard, Agnès Varda
Production : Ciné Tamaris, La Sept Cinéma
Distribution: Ciné-Tamaris
Distribution: Ciné-Tamaris
As always, with Agnès Varda, this film takes nothing from a pre-existing form. Jane B. par Agnès V. is a multi-facetted portrait of actress Jane Birkin made up of interviews, reports on places she likes and short fictions where the actress is shown in unexpected roles with other actors. Agnès Varda also reveals herself with mirrors and an an-going dialogue with Birkin. “We played false to get the truth”, she states. During the shoot Jane Birkin suggested an idea for a fiction, and Kung-Fu Master was born…