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Cléo from 5 to 7

Director: Agnès Varda
Year: 1962
Country: France
Type: Feature
Form: Narrative

While she anxiously awaits the results of a medical test, French singer Cléo Victoire spends a couple of hours (90 minutes to be exact) wandering the streets of Paris. Along the way, she meets up with friends, lovers, buys a new hat, and visits a palm reader, all while pondering on what it might mean to be sick.

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Image description: Black and white close up of Cléo as she looks at the camera with a knowing look. She has thick black eyeliner, and small plants hover at the corners of the image, lightly covering the edges of her face.