Cléo from 5 to 7Cléo from 5 to 7
(1962)
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Cléo from 5 to 7

A hypochondriac singer anxiously awaits test results while exploring existential themes.

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In retrospect, it is extraordinary that this is considered one of the masterpieces of filmmaker Agnès Varda, considering it was only her second feature-length film. At the time, it was a highly innovative movie, set within the avant-garde of the "Rive Gauche" (contemporary with—and sometimes parallel to—the French New Wave). 'Cléo de 5 a 7' is a film that addresses 90 minutes in the life of its protagonist—that is, the time of the film is the same time that passes in the narrative—with a feminist focus on topics such as mortality, narcissistic obsession, and existentialism. Without a doubt, one of the crowning achievements of French cinema in the twentieth century.

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Cleo, a singer and hypochondriac, becomes increasingly worried that she might have cancer while awaiting test results from her doctor.

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