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Jacquot

Jacquot

1991 · 120 min · FR · PG · 7.5 (65 votes)
Dir. Agnès Varda · Starring Philippe Maron, Edouard Joubeaud, Laurent Monnier, Brigitte De Villepoix, Daniel Dublet, Clément Delaroche · Music Joanna Bruzdowicz
Drama

Jacquot Demy, the son of a garage owner and a hairdresser, is fascinated by cinema and decides to pursue his dream of becoming a filmmaker by any means necessary.

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A tender, sun-dappled look at a childhood fascination with cinema. It feels like a warm memory, a gentle unfolding of dreams amidst the everyday magic of family and early artistic stirrings.

nostalgicwhimsicalcharmingmelancholicsteadyFrench New Waveautobiographicallyricalcoming-of-agechildhoodartistic callingmemoryfamily
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biographyfilmmakingwoman directornantes1940s1930smemoiroccupied france (1940-44)children in wartime
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