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.

Credits

Agnès VardaDirector

Jane BirkinCalamity Jane / Claude Jade / Joan Arc

Jean-Pierre LéaudThe Angry Lover

Philippe LéotardPainter / Murderer

Farid ChopelColonial