Jane B. by Agnès V.
1988 · 99 min · ★ 6.8 · Fantasy
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.
Directed by Agnès Varda · Written by Agnès Varda
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Jane Birkin Self / Calamity Jane / Claude Jade / Joan Arc -
Jean-Pierre Léaud The Angry Lover -
Philippe Léotard Painter / Murderer -
Farid Chopel Colonial -
Alain Souchon Verlaine's Reader -
Serge Gainsbourg Self -
Laura Betti Lardy - M Monique Godard Assistant Mistress
- I Ian Marshall Bailiff
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Charlotte Gainsbourg Self - J's Daughter -
Mathieu Demy Self - A's Son - J James Millard Tarzan
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