
In winter in the south of France, a young woman is found frozen in a ditch. She's unkempt, a vagabond. Through flashbacks and brief interviews, we trace her final weeks as she camps alone or falls in with various men and women, many of whom project their needs onto her or try to give her life direction. She squats in an old house smoking hash with a man, falls for a Tunisian laborer and works beside him pruning grape vines, stays with a couple shepherding goats, meets an agro... (Full plot summary below)
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In winter in the south of France, a young woman is found frozen in a ditch. She's unkempt, a vagabond. Through flashbacks and brief interviews, we trace her final weeks as she camps alone or falls in with various men and women, many of whom project their needs onto her or try to give her life direction. She squats in an old house smoking hash with a man, falls for a Tunisian laborer and works beside him pruning grape vines, stays with a couple shepherding goats, meets an agronomist trying to save plane trees, gets tipsy with an old woman, and has an offer to appear in porn films.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWhat a film this is. Like so many of the greatest films, it tells us a very specific story, strong and unadorned, about a very particular person. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenVagabond doesn't ask its main character to explain herself, and that attitude makes all the difference. |
| Chicago ReaderPeter KeoughThe road movie takes a somber turn in this austerely beautiful 1985 French drama by Agnes Varda. |
| Boulder WeeklyThomas DelapaVarda alludes to both Citizen Kane and the Bible to recreate the short, disconnected life of Mona, a lost soul who has always depended on the kindness of strangers. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyAgnes Varda's anatomy of a female vagabond, beautifully played by Sandrine Bonnaire, is captivating, haunting and uncompromising. |
| Filmcritic.comMark Athitakisshows how there's an inherent brutality to living without rules... without ever devolving into melodrama or didacticism |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeA striking film -- one that feels like it was made at least 10 years earlier -- and, I must note, a fairly depressing one. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzGets a stellar performance from Bonnaire. |