A poignant, real-time French New Wave drama. A young singer navigates the sunlit yet shadow-haunted streets of Paris, peeling away the glamorous masks of her existence while a ticking clock echoes her quiet dread of mortality.
Cléo from 5 to 7
Cléo de 5 à 7
"The whole world... has made an appointment with..."
Director:
Agnès Varda
Cast:
Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blanck, Michel Legrand
Drama
Cléo from 5 to 7 - Easter Eggs & Hidden Details
Easter Eggs
A silent film cameo by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina
Cléo watches a short silent comedy titled Les Fiancés du pont Mac Donald. The short features prominent French New Wave figures, including Godard, who famously removes his trademark dark sunglasses for the scene, and his then-wife Anna Karina. It acts as a playful homage to Varda's cinematic peers.
Appearances by Eddie Constantine and Jean-Claude Brialy
These actors also make brief, humorous appearances in the same silent film-within-a-film, further embedding the movie in the collaborative spirit of the French New Wave.
A poster for Un Chien Andalou
A movie poster for Luis Buñuel's surrealist masterpiece is visible in the background of a scene, paying homage to the avant-garde cinema that paved the way for the Left Bank filmmakers.