Daniel and Corky explore the dark side of the sunny South of France with Agnes Varda’s 1985 movie Vagabond. Sandrine Bonnaire plays the equally frustrating and fascinating title character, a young woman trudging across the French countryside without passion or purpose. Your hosts also share their thoughts on Leonardo DiCaprio in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another.
Sight & Sound 2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #101 [tied]
World premiere: September 1985 (Venice Film Festival)
IMDB synopsis: “A young woman’s body is found frozen in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, we see the events that led to her inevitable death.”
Theatrical trailer for Vagabond
Paisan (1946; Dir.: Roberto Rossellini)
IMDB synopsis: “American military personnel interact warily with a variety of Italian locals over a year and a half in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces make their retreat.”
Our review of Paisan comes out Dec. 2!
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