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Agnès Varda

Film director, photographer and installation artist

Belgium / France · 1928–2019

Arts and letters

About

French film director, born in Belgium, whose films include La Pointe Courte, Cléo from 5 to 7, Vagabond, The Gleaners and I and Faces Places. She began as a photographer and later made installation art, and received an honorary Academy Award in 2017.

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Question What is an unusual habit or small pleasure you are oddly fond of? Daily life read 30 other answers →
I come from the generation who were taught never to throw things out. I like the idea of hanging on to things and repairing items rather than discarding them. It’s not a question of money, more to do with guarding resources and not being wasteful. My children laugh at me when I sit darning a pair of socks.
Recorded Richard Mowe, Eye For Film feature interview, 12 February 2018 source ↗

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