Jane B. by Agnès V.

The interests, obsessions, and fantasies of two singular artists converge in this inspired collaboration between Agnès Varda and her longtime friend the actor Jane Birkin. Made over the course of a year and motivated by Birkin’s fortieth birthday—a milestone she admits to some anxiety over—Jane B. by Agnès V. contrasts the private, reflective Birkin with Birkin the icon.

Cast

Jane Birkin

Calamity Jane / Claude Jade / Joan Arc

Jean-Pierre Léaud

The Angry Lover

Philippe Léotard

Painter / Murderer

Farid Chopel

Colonial

Alain Souchon

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