whatering - vagabond (dir.: agnés varda)

Winner of the Venice Golden Lion, Vagabond is a cinematic landmark that introduced one of the most intriguing, complex and uncompromising female protagonists in modern cinema. Sandrine Bonnaire, who debuted in Maurice Pialat’s À nos amours, gives a remarkable performance as the independent and rebellious Mona, who drifts through the South of France. The first scene shows Mona’s death, and so Agnès Varda tells her story through Mona’s interactions with the cross-section of French society she met in the last few weeks of her life. These encounters reveal people’s preconceptions around women’s place in society, personal freedoms within social structures, and the value of work – issues that still resonate more than 30 years after the film’s release. Vagabond is screening now at BFI Southbank, part of the two-month retrospective Agnès Varda: Vision of an Artist. Clip courtesy of Curzon Artificial Eye Subscribe: Watch more on BFI Player: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on Twitter: