Drury's HEC Film Series: Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Cleo, a singer and hypochondriac, becomes increasingly worried that she might have cancer while awaiting test results from her doctor. (NR, 90 min.)
Showtimes
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
(TBD)
Professor. Jo Van Arkel (Professor of English) and Dr. Kevin Henderson (Professor of English, Chair of Languages and Literature) will host Agnès Varda's Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962). Post-film topics will include gender/identity, gender/wellness, Left Bank filmmakers v. The French New Wave, and the dawn of selfie and celebrity culture. This series is courtesy of Drury University's Humanities & Ethics Center (HEC).
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer (Corinne Marchand) set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by Michel Legrand (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) and cameos by Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina. [Criterion]
Starring: Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray
Director: Agnès Varda
Language: French
Genre: Drama, Comedy
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