Les 3 Boutons

Les 3 Boutons

Whomsoever loses 3 buttons will have 3 wishes

2015 · 11 min · ★ 5.5 · Fantasy

“Miss Jasmine! I have a package for you!” The 14-year-old girl with braces takes a break from milking the goat. Her local postman has delivered a surprise. She opens it up. Out floats a magical magenta ball dress ten times her teenage size. “I am curious,” she says, and enters the folds of the dress. From here, Jasmine⎯headstrong, a dreamer, a realist⎯takes us on a modern anti-fairy tale through caves and stalagmites, streets and shop windows, obsessions and everyday empowerment.

Directed by Agnès Varda · Written by Agnès Varda

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