TY - GEN N2 - The great Agnes Varda's film career began with this graceful, penetrating study of a marriage on the rocks, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. Both a stylized depiction of the complicated relationship between a married couple and a documentary-like look at the daily struggles of the locals, Varda's discursive, gorgeously filmed debut was radical enough to later be considered one of the progenitors of the coming French new wave. AB - The great Agnes Varda's film career began with this graceful, penetrating study of a marriage on the rocks, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. Both a stylized depiction of the complicated relationship between a married couple and a documentary-like look at the daily struggles of the locals, Varda's discursive, gorgeously filmed debut was radical enough to later be considered one of the progenitors of the coming French new wave. T1 - La Pointe-Courte DA - c2007. CY - [Irvington, NY] : AU - Varda, Agnès, AU - Monfort, Silvia. AU - Noiret, Philippe. AU - Resnais, Alain, AU - Anne Sarraute. AU - Stein, Lou. AU - Soulignac, Paul. AU - Soulanes, Louis. AU - Barbaud, Pierre. ET - Director-approved special ed. ; fullscreen presentation. VL - 419 CN - PN1997 CN - PN1997 PB - Criterion Collection, PP - [Irvington, NY] : LA - fre LA - In French with optional English subtitles. PY - c2007. N1 - Aspect ratio 1.33:1. N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. N1 - Released in boxed set titled: 4 by Agnès Varda. N1 - Special features: Agnés Varda interview (recorded 2007); excerpts from an episode of Cinéastes de notre temps: "La nouvelle vague par elle-même" (directed by Robert Valey, May 19, 1964). ID - 710587 KW - Marriage KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Fishing villages SN - 193412186X SN - 9781934121863 SN - 1934121851 SN - 9781934121856 TI - La Pointe-Courte ER -