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Jane B. by Agnès V.

Jane B. by Agnès V.

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Jane B. by Agnès V.

1988

1h 39m

6.8(67 votes)

Fantasy

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.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Jane Birkin

Jane Birkin

Self / 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

Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg

Self

Laura Betti

Laura Betti

Lardy

Monique Godard

Assistant Mistress

Ian Marshall

Bailiff

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Self - J's Daughter

Creative team

Directed by: Agnès Varda
Written by: Agnès Varda

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