| La Pointe Courte | |
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| Directed by | Agnès Varda |
| Written by | Agnès Varda |
| Starring | Silvia Monfort Philippe Noiret |
| Cinematography | Paul Soulignac Louis Soulanes |
| Edited by | Alain Resnais Henri Colpi |
| Music by | Pierre Barbaud |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $14,000 |
La Pointe Courte [la pwɛ̃t kuʁt] is a 1955 French drama film directed by Agnès Varda (in her feature film directorial debut). It has been cited by many critics as a forerunner of the French New Wave,[1] with the historian Georges Sadoul calling it "truly the first film of the nouvelle vague".[2] The film takes place in Sète in the south of France. The Pointe Courte ("short point") is a tiny quarter of the town known as the fisherman's village.
- ^ Kirshner, J. (2021). An Artist in Her Own Right: The Cinema of Agnès Varda. CINEASTE, 46(3), 4-9.
- ^ Vincendeau, Ginette. "La Pointe Courte: How Agnès Varda "Invented" the New Wave". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 14 August 2019.