La Pointe Courte
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La Pointe Courte is a 1955 French film by Agnès Varda, often regarded as a precursor to the French New Wave for its innovative blend of documentary realism and fictional narrative.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| La Pointe Courte canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
French film
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film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | La Pointe Courte (no widely used English title, often left untranslated) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Louis Stein
NERFINISHED
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Paul Soulignac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticalReception | later recognized as a pioneering work of modern cinema ⓘ |
| director | Agnès Varda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Les Films de la Pléiade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Agnès Varda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Sète, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
art film
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drama film ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
unnamed husband (played by Philippe Noiret)
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unnamed wife (played by Silvia Monfort) ⓘ |
| hasFilmTechnique |
direct sound and ambient noise emphasis
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elliptical editing ⓘ location shooting ⓘ long takes ⓘ use of non-professional actors ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fishing community and economic hardship
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love and separation ⓘ marital crisis ⓘ tension between individual and community ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| influenced | French New Wave filmmakers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Italian neorealism ⓘ |
| movement | precursor to the French New Wave ⓘ |
| musicBy | Pierre Barbaud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | interweaving of fictional couple’s story with documentary-style village life ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | parallel montage between couple and villagers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of auteur cinema in France
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innovative blend of documentary realism and fiction ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | filmography of Agnès Varda ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | first feature film directed by Agnès Varda ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ciné-Tamaris (later rights holder) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1955 ⓘ |
| releaseEvent | screened at Cannes Film Festival (non-official section) ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 86 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Agnès Varda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | La Pointe Courte neighborhood, Sète, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Philippe Noiret
NERFINISHED
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Silvia Monfort NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | post-World War II France ⓘ |
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