Cléo de 5 à 7 (1962)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Agnès Varda

Writer:

Agnès Varda (writer)

Release Date:

1962 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

This movie shows us Cléo, a French singer, who is afraid of getting the result of of a test from her doctor...

Plot Keywords:

Singer | Cancer | Fortune Teller | Model | Stomach

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Corinne Marchand	...	Florence, 'Cléo Victoire'
Antoine Bourseiller	...	Antoine
Dominique Davray	...	Angèle
Dorothée Blank	...	Dorothée
Michel Legrand	...	Bob, the Pianist
José Luis de Villalonga	...	The Lover
Loye Payen	...	Irma, la cartomancienne
Renée Duchateau
Lucienne Marchand	...	La conductrice du taxi
Serge Korber	...	Plumitif (the lyricist)
Robert Postec	...	Le docteur Valineau

Also Known As:

Cléo de cinq à sept
Cleo dalle 5 alle 7 (Italy)
Cleo from 5 to 7 (USA)
Cleo de 5 a 7 (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Cléo från 5 till 7 (Sweden) [sv]
Cléo viidestä seitsemään (Finland) [fi]
Cleo - Mittwoch zwischen 5 und 7 (West Germany) [de]
Cleo fra 5 til 7 (Denmark) [da]
Cleo od piatej do siódmej (Poland) [pl]
Duas Horas da Vida de Uma Mulher (Portugal) [pt]
Dyo ores sti zoi mias gynaikas (Greece) [el]
I Cleo apo tis 5 os tis 7 (Greece) (festival title) [el]

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.19 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-14 (cable rating) | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | Spain:13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Arrêt de bus Verlaine, près de la Place d'Italie, Paris 13, Paris, France

Company:

Ciné Tamaris

Trivia:

The film actually covers Cléo from 5:00 to 6:30. The final chapter for the film ends at 6:30.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: The dolly track used in the final shot can be seen as the actors walk away from the hospital.

Quotes:

Antoine: You seem to be waiting for something, rather than someone.

Movie Connections:

Edited from Les fiancés du pont Mac Donald ou (Méfiez-vous des lunettes noires) (1961)

Cléo is a 10

Like any of Agnès Varda's movies, this one displays all her talents

as a filmmaker: a strong story to contrast the 'flighty' main

character; her playfulness with form, which later became a

common technique for Godard's and Truffaut's as well as other

French New Wave filmmakers; the same playfulness in casting,

as in having the great composer Michel Legrand as Cléo's pop- song writer, or the cameo appearance of Godard, all wonderful,

unpretentious and charming moments, inter-leaved within the

worries of the narcissistic main character, Cléo. The movie is less

existential than it is about life, and Varda has masterfully

juxtaposed a range of moments and emotions and situations to

create a true classic with Cléo's day from 5 to 7.