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Cléo from 5 to 7

Cléo from 5 to 7

Drama · 1962

Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.

Movie details

Cléo from 5 to 7

“The whole world... has made an appointment with...”

1962 Drama 1h 30m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.8 / 10

32.4K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

93 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

87 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.7 / 10

Community rating

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Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Agnès Varda

Written by

Agnès Varda

Corinne Marchand

Corinne Marchand

Florence 'Cléo' Victoire

Antoine Bourseiller

Antoine Bourseiller

Antoine

Dominique Davray

Dominique Davray

Angèle

Dorothée Blanck

Dorothée Blanck

Dorothée

Michel Legrand

Michel Legrand

Bob, the Pianist

José Luis de Vilallonga

José Luis de Vilallonga

José, Cléo's Lover

L

Loye Payen

Irma, the Fortune Teller

Court is in session

Put Cléo from 5 to 7 on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.