poster

1988

(03/02/1988) (FR)

Documentary,

1h 37m

68

User Score

Overview

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.

1988

68

User Score

(03/02/1988) (FR)

Documentary,

1h 37m

Overview

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

Jane Birkin

Calamity Jane / Claude Jade / Joan Arc

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Jean-Pierre Léaud

The Angry Lover

Philippe Léotard

Philippe Léotard

Painter / Murderer

Farid Chopel

Farid Chopel

Colonial

Alain Souchon

Alain Souchon

Verlaine's Reader

Monique Godard

Monique Godard

Assistant Mistress

Pascale Torsat

Pascale Torsat

Titian's Model

Agnès Varda

Agnès Varda

Self (uncredited)