ANOTHER French film that fairly glitters with photographic and cinematic "style," yet fails to do more than skim the surface of a cryptic dramatic theme, is "Cleo From 5 to 7," which opened at

Cléo from 5 to 7 is remarkable on many fronts. Technically Varda has great energy and joy, playfully dashing the camera from one character to the next, timing the turn in a conversation from light to morbid as a car turns into a darkened tunnel, jump cutting to say “look-look-look again.” Jun 19, 2014 · This week’s selection is a short piece on Agnes Varda’s 1962 film Cléo From 5 to 7, which is readily available on Hulu (via Criterion) and should be viewed by all, as it is a truly wonderful movie. Written for a course on ‘Film Criticism and Theory’ in the Summer of 2013, the assignment here was to provide a brief 1-page viewing Dec 18, 2010 · Cleo From 5 to 7 The film constructed femininity through the reflection of society . The main characters of the film were : Cleo ,Angele, Antoine ,Doritie and Dr.Valiono .First , Cleo was shown with a fortune teller ,who told her to draw three cards that represented her past ,present and future . Apr 05, 2019 · Featuring the sights and sounds of Paris with voracious delight, “Cleo from 5 to 7” embraces the turbulent distractions of public life, even as it filters them through the protagonist’s

Jul 25, 2017 · Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) epitomizes the “ticking-clock” film, but, unlike most of these films that accelerate toward their narrative destinations, you’d never know from this film’s leisurely pace that time is quickly running out for the protagonist. Shots linger until the characters are eventually instigated into motion, a drive in a

Cléo from 5 to 7 is remarkable on many fronts. Technically Varda has great energy and joy, playfully dashing the camera from one character to the next, timing the turn in a conversation from light to morbid as a car turns into a darkened tunnel, jump cutting to say “look-look-look again.”

Cleo From 5 to 7 (1962, Fr.) (aka Cléo de 5 à 7) In writer/director Agnes Varda's dramatic comedy (with some musical elements) - a meandering episodic character study about the impending doom facing a shallow, self-absorbed woman who feared the results of a medical examination:

The title of the film from 5 to 7 is a pun on the normal interpretation of the phrase. Cléo does not have a date with a lover but a date with death. Death is shown throughout the film and especially prominent in the park scene with the Algerian soldier, Antoine.