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As a pop singer, Cléo turns to theatrics and triviality to cope with her anxiety. She sings, she shops, she cries. We see a bit more dimension to Cléo though, as Agnes Varda gives her moments of introspection, and reveals her warmth through existing and new relations.
I think of Paris with some sentimentality these days, having visited the city right before lockdown. It was a beautiful, blissful, and now distant pre-pandemic memory. I'm no pop star but like Cléo in the film, I too employ triviality to deal with challenges. But just like Cléo, and any woman at that, I also turn to connection and introspection to get by.
Even when reality starts to feel like a film narrative, it's good to remember that we can overcome not only our challenges, but also our archetypes.
Cléo de 5 à 7, 1962. Directed by Agnès Varda.
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