Jane B. by Agnès V.

Jane B. by Agnès V.

97 mins | Documentary, Fantasy | March 2, 1988

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.

Jane B. by Agnès V.

97 mins | Documentary, Fantasy | March 2, 1988

Jane B. by Agnès V.
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Ciné Tamaris, La Sept Cinéma
Original title Jane B. par Agnès V.
Directors Agnès Varda
Writers Agnès Varda

Cast

Jane Birkin

as Calamity Jane / Claude Jade / Joan Arc

Agnès Varda

as Self

Jean-Pierre Léaud

as L'amoureux colérique

Laura Betti

as Lardy

Farid Chopel

as Le colonial

Alain Souchon

as Le lecteur de Verlaine

Philippe Léotard

as Le peintre / Murderer

Monique Godard

as La sous-maîtresse

Ian Marshall

as L'huissier

Charlotte Gainsbourg

as La fille de J.

James Millard

as Tarzan

Pascale Torsat

as Le modèle du Titien

Henri Piednoir

as Le boulanger

Mathieu Demy

as Le fils de A.

Jacques Doillon

as Self

Lou Doillon

as Self