Agnès Varda - Quiz
  • 1. Which film was Agnès Varda's first feature-length film?
A) Le Bonheur
B) Cléo from 5 to 7
C) La Pointe Courte
D) Vagabond
  • 2. In which city did Agnès Varda win the Prix de l'Âge d'Or?
A) Paris
B) Sète
C) Berlin
D) Brussels
  • 3. Which award did Varda win for her third feature film, Le Bonheur?
A) Palme d'Or
B) César Award
C) Silver Bear
D) Golden Lion
  • 4. Varda received her first César Award in 1984 for which work?
A) Vagabond
B) La Pointe Courte
C) The Beaches of Agnès
D) Ulysse
  • 5. Which film won the Golden Lion at the 42nd Venice International Film Festival?
A) Faces Places
B) Le Bonheur
C) Vagabond
D) Cléo from 5 to 7
  • 6. Who received an Honorary César on the same night as Agnès Varda in 2001?
A) Charlotte Rampling
B) James Ivory
C) Angelina Jolie
D) Kira Muratova
  • 7. Which French Academy prize did Varda receive in 2002?
A) Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit
B) L'Œil d'or
C) César Award
D) René Clair Award
  • 8. In which year did The Beaches of Agnès win Best Documentary Film at the César Awards?
A) 2017
B) 2001
C) 2009
D) 2010
  • 9. When did Varda receive an honorary degree from the University of Liège?
A) 2010
B) 2013
C) 2007
D) 2012
  • 10. Who presented the Academy Honorary Award to Varda in 2017?
A) Angelina Jolie
B) Charlotte Rampling
C) James Ivory
D) Kira Muratova
  • 11. Which award did Varda receive in 2013 for her work in film preservation?
A) Leopard of Honour
B) Carosse d'Or
C) René Clair Award
D) FIAF Award
  • 12. Varda was the second female to receive the Leopard of Honour after whom?
A) Charlotte Rampling
B) None of the above
C) Angelina Jolie
D) Kira Muratova
  • 13. Which film was the number-two entry on the BBC's list of best films by women directors?
A) Cléo from 5 to 7
B) Le Bonheur
C) Vagabond
D) The Beaches of Agnès
  • 14. How many of Varda's films were included in the BBC's list of 100 best films by women directors?
A) Six
B) Four
C) Eight
D) Two
  • 15. What award did Varda win at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival for Faces Places?
A) Silver Bear
B) L'Œil d'or
C) Palme d'Or
D) Carosse d'Or
  • 16. By the age of 25, approximately how many films had Agnès Varda seen?
A) Around 100
B) None
C) Around 50
D) Around 20
  • 17. How did Varda describe her initial approach to the filmmaking process?
A) Scientific and rigid
B) Traditional and classic
C) Instinctive and feminine
D) Collaborative and competitive
  • 18. Which philosopher's theory of 'l'imagination des matières' influenced Varda?
A) Gaston Bachelard
B) André Bazin
C) François Truffaut
D) Alain Resnais
  • 19. Who was responsible for the artistic direction of Varda's film La Pointe Courte?
A) Valentine Schlegel
B) Silvia Monfort
C) Alain Resnais
D) Philippe Noiret
  • 20. Which two professional actors starred in La Pointe Courte?
A) Silvia Monfort and Philippe Noiret
B) André Bazin and François Truffaut
C) Yannick Bellon and Georges Franju
D) Nicole Vèdres and Chris Marker
  • 21. What is the primary aesthetic inspiration for the combination of fictional and documentary elements in La Pointe Courte?
A) Classical Hollywood
B) Surrealism
C) Expressionism
D) Neorealism
  • 22. Who edited Varda's film La Pointe Courte?
A) Gaston Bachelard
B) Georges Franju
C) Chris Marker
D) Alain Resnais
  • 23. What did Alain Resnais claim he and Varda had in common?
A) Cats
B) A shared philosophy of cinema
C) A background in photography
D) Nothing at all
  • 24. How did André Bazin describe the style of La Pointe Courte?
A) A work that obeys only the dreams and desires of its auteur
B) A derivative work of the French New Wave
C) A commercial failure of epic proportions
D) A documentary devoid of personal ambition
  • 25. What title is Varda often given in relation to the French New Wave?
A) The silent observer
B) Grandmother and mother
C) The founding father
D) The only woman
  • 26. What did Varda focus on regarding the people featured in her films later in her life?
A) The lives of famous filmmakers
B) People in power
C) Historical military figures
D) Rebels fighting for their own life
  • 27. What prevented Varda from making feature films for seven years after La Pointe Courte?
A) It was a financial failure
B) She was blacklisted by critics
C) She was busy writing novels
D) She lost interest in the medium
  • 28. Which of the following people is mentioned as a peer of Varda from the postwar media ecosystem?
A) Philippe Noiret
B) Silvia Monfort
C) Chris Marker
D) Valentine Schlegel
  • 29. What subject did Agnès Varda study at the École du Louvre?
A) Art history
B) Journalism
C) Photography
D) Film studies
  • 30. What was Varda's initial career intention before photography?
A) Museum curator
B) Art teacher
C) Film director
D) Stage actress
  • 31. Which film movement is Varda associated with?
A) Italian Neorealism
B) French New Wave
C) German Expressionism
D) Soviet Montage
  • 32. Who hired Varda as the official photographer for the Théâtre National Populaire?
A) Jean Vilar
B) Brassaï
C) Nathalie Obadia
D) The Avignon festival director
  • 33. How long did Varda work for the Théâtre National Populaire?
A) Twenty years
B) Five years
C) Ten years
D) Two years
  • 34. What did Varda use as models for the shots in her first film, La Pointe Courte?
A) Storyboards
B) Paintings
C) Sketches
D) Photographs
  • 35. What animal was featured in the 1954 photograph that inspired the film Ulysse?
A) A dog
B) A goat
C) A cat
D) A horse
  • 36. Which gallery did Varda join in 2010?
A) The Louvre
B) Vaugirard
C) TNP Gallery
D) Nathalie Obadia
  • 37. What term did Varda use to describe her early meaningful photographs?
A) Compositions
B) Snapshots
C) Portraits
D) Abstracts
  • 38. What was Agnès Varda's birth name?
A) Arlette Varda
B) Agnès Pasquet
C) Valentine Varda
D) Eugénie Varda
  • 39. Which filmmaker described Varda as 'one of the Gods of Cinema'?
A) Jacques Demy
B) Jean-Luc Godard
C) François Truffaut
D) Martin Scorsese
  • 40. At what age did Varda legally change her name to Agnès?
A) 18
B) 16
C) 25
D) 21
  • 41. In which city did Varda work as a photographer for the Théâtre National Populaire?
A) Sète
B) Cannes
C) Brussels
D) Paris
  • 42. During World War II, where did Varda live with her family?
A) On a boat in Sète
B) In a house in Paris
C) In a hotel in Brussels
D) On a farm in Belgium
  • 43. What unconventional filming practice did Varda employ in the 1950s?
A) Location shooting
B) Constructed indoor sets
C) Painted backdrops
D) Silent film techniques
  • 44. Which film was Varda's final film?
A) Faces Places
B) The Gleaners and I
C) Varda by Agnès
D) The Beaches of Agnès
  • 45. What was Varda's father's profession?
A) Photographer
B) Sculptor
C) Filmmaker
D) Engineer
  • 46. Which film by Agnès Varda was about the Rue Mouffetard street market?
A) Daguerréotypes
B) La Pointe Courte
C) Cléo from 5 to 7
D) L'opéra-mouffe
  • 47. What is Cléo waiting for in Cléo from 5 to 7?
A) A wedding ceremony
B) A train departure
C) Biopsy results
D) A singing audition
  • 48. What is the approximate run-time of Cléo from 5 to 7?
A) 75 minutes
B) 89 minutes
C) 120 minutes
D) 60 minutes
  • 49. Daguerréotypes was released in which year?
A) 1958
B) 1977
C) 1961
D) 1976
  • 50. On which street does the documentary Daguerréotypes take place?
A) Rue Daguerre
B) Rue Mouffetard
C) Rue de la Paix
D) Rue de Rivoli
  • 51. What kind of company did Agnès Varda found in 1977?
A) A photography studio
B) A distribution agency
C) A film school
D) A production company
  • 52. What is the name of Varda's production company founded in 1977?
A) Varda Vision
B) La Pointe Courte Films
C) Ciné-Tamaris
D) Daguerre Productions
  • 53. In One Sings, the Other Doesn't, which character pays for Suzanne's abortion?
A) Varda
B) Pomme
C) Cléo
D) The filmmaker
  • 54. What does Pomme become involved in throughout One Sings, the Other Doesn't?
A) The French tourist office
B) The medical profession
C) The feminist movement
D) A career in journalism
  • 55. What motif does Cléo from 5 to 7 use to represent the woman's gaze?
A) Labyrinthine streets
B) Shadows
C) Window frames
D) Reflections
  • 56. What is the profession of the main character in Cléo from 5 to 7?
A) Pop singer
B) Tailor
C) Baker
D) Documentary filmmaker
  • 57. How many episodes is the film Vagabond divided into?
A) 47
B) 50
C) 14
D) 38
  • 58. Who is the main character whose death is investigated in Vagabond?
A) Lucy
B) Mary-Jane
C) Jane
D) Mona
  • 59. Which actor plays Mary-Jane in Kung-Fu Master!?
A) Jane Birkin
B) Agnès Varda
C) Charlotte Gainsbourg
D) Mathieu Demy
  • 60. Who portrays the character of Julien in Kung-Fu Master!?
A) Jacques Demy
B) Mathieu Demy
C) Charlotte Gainsbourg
D) An unnamed actor
  • 61. Which character is the daughter of Mary-Jane in Kung-Fu Master!?
A) Jane
B) Sarah
C) Lucy
D) Mona
  • 62. What does the arcade game 'Kung-Fu Master' symbolize for Julien?
A) His desire to become a director
B) His hatred of school
C) A link to his father
D) Youthful escapism
  • 63. At which film festival did Kung-Fu Master! compete for the Golden Bear?
A) Venice Film Festival
B) Cannes Film Festival
C) 38th Berlin International Film Festival
D) Sundance Film Festival
  • 64. Jacquot de Nantes was created following the death of whom?
A) Jacques Demy
B) Mathieu Demy
C) Julien
D) Mona
  • 65. What craft does young Jacquot become obsessed with in the film?
A) Filmmaking crafts
B) Classical music
C) Literature
D) Political activism
  • 66. Which theme is considered a common thread in Varda's work as seen in Jacquot de Nantes?
A) Urban decay
B) Political revolution
C) Accepting death
D) Modern technology
  • 67. What is the age of the character Julien in Kung-Fu Master!?
A) 10
B) 40
C) 18
D) 14
  • 68. What is the primary subject of the documentary The Gleaners and I?
A) The architecture of rural France
B) The life of Agnès Varda's husband
C) The history of the French film industry
D) People who gather leftover harvest or recycled materials
  • 69. Who co-directed the 2017 film Faces Places with Varda?
A) JR
B) Jean Laplanche
C) An unnamed cinematographer
D) Jean-Luc Godard
  • 70. Which director did Varda and JR try to interview at the end of Faces Places?
A) Jean Laplanche
B) François Truffaut
C) Jean-Luc Godard
D) Jacques Demy
  • 71. What specific item does Varda mention loving in Varda by Agnes?
A) Abstract paintings
B) Digital storage devices
C) Heart-shaped potatoes
D) Antique cameras
  • 72. Where does the final scene of Faces Places take place?
A) Cannes
B) Rolle
C) Paris
D) The French countryside
  • 73. How did Varda describe her feelings toward her Oscar nomination?
A) Angry that it took so long
B) Indifferent and bored
C) Very proud and honored
D) Happy, but not necessarily proud
  • 74. According to Varda, when did she make most of her filmmaking discoveries?
A) During the casting auditions
B) During the editing process
C) During the pre-production planning
D) During the initial scriptwriting phase
  • 75. What did Varda seek to create by finding images or dialogue during editing?
A) A theatrical script
B) A commercial break
C) A musical soundtrack
D) A motif
  • 76. What professional background influenced Varda's inclusion of still images in her films?
A) Painting
B) Literature
C) Journalism
D) Photography
  • 77. Which of these authors influenced Varda?
A) Virginia Woolf
B) William Faulkner
C) James Joyce
D) Ernest Hemingway
  • 78. Which artistic movement influenced Varda?
A) Impressionism
B) Baroque
C) Surrealism
D) Neo-classical
  • 79. What was the focus of Varda's film about the Black Panthers?
A) The 'Free Huey' campaign
B) The daily life of Huey Newton
C) The police force's perspective
D) The history of the political party
  • 80. Which specific movement is Agnès Varda's work most closely associated with?
A) Poetic Realism
B) Left Bank (Rive Gauche)
C) Cahiers du Cinéma
D) French Impressionism
  • 81. Which literary movement was Left Bank Cinema strongly tied to?
A) Surrealism
B) Nouveau roman
C) Existentialism
D) Romanticism
  • 82. What is the key stylistic characteristic of the Left Bank movement compared to the Cahiers du Cinéma group?
A) Avoidance of political themes
B) Focus on big-budget Hollywood remakes
C) More experimental style
D) Strict adherence to traditional narrative
  • 83. What political orientation did members of the Left Bank group typically hold?
A) Right-wing
B) Centrist
C) Libertarian
D) Left-wing
  • 84. In what year did Varda sign the Manifesto of the 343?
A) 1990
B) 1958
C) 1971
D) 1962
  • 85. At what age did Agnès Varda die?
A) 85
B) 80
C) 95
D) 90
  • 86. Where was Agnès Varda buried?
A) Père Lachaise Cemetery
B) Montparnasse Cemetery
C) Tours Cemetery
D) Rue Daguerre
  • 87. Which film did Varda work on with her daughter?
A) Cléo from 5 to 7
B) The Manifesto
C) Faces Places
D) Uncle Yanco
  • 88. Who is the father of Varda's daughter, Rosalie?
A) Antoine Bourseiller
B) Jacques Demy
C) Jim Morrison
D) Jean Varda
  • 89. In what city did Varda meet Jacques Demy?
A) Lyon
B) Tours
C) California
D) Paris
  • 90. In which city was the exhibition 'Agnès Varda at Bildmuseet' held?
A) Helsinki
B) Paris
C) Berlin
D) Umeå
  • 91. When did the 'Agnès Varda Expo 54' exhibition occur?
A) 2017
B) 2019
C) 2022
D) 2021
  • 92. What is the ISBN of 'Agnès Varda: Director's Inspiration'?
A) 9781636810607
B) 9782866421458
C) 9781617039201
D) 9791040112174
  • 93. When is the 'Agnès Varda's Paris from here to there' exhibition scheduled to end?
A) 24 August 2025
B) 5 January 2025
C) 28 January 2024
D) 28 August 2022
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