Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Harockerce What a beautiful movie!

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

masonfisk Agnes Varda's travelogue from the early 60's follows a singer's movements in a 2 hour stretch (ala High Noon, playing out in real time) as she awaits the results of a medical exam. What we find is the empty life the singer leads as she deals w/sycophantic songwriters, unnecessary spending sprees & visits to cafes for drinks that may fill the void which is her life. Very compelling as the journey says as much about the singer as it does Paris as well as being an important New Wave film directed by a female director who is still working today.

Ian (Flash Review)This film is pure French art house. I'm probably being a bit stern with the rating and a second pass may net a better understanding; after I read some enlightening reviews. The core plot is a young and well- known singer woman is awaiting results about her health after getting tested. She seeks out a tarot card reader to try to predict her future before hearing official doctor results. During the two hours from 5-7pm, happening in real time but only for 90 minutes, you follow her every move. From walking the Paris streets, interacting with assorted local color, taking taxi rides and so forth. Observing Cleo ranges from moderately interesting to boring. It helps to focus on the film's approach and cinematography to pass the time, which really tell a story, subtly, about how her attitude on life begins to changes as she gets closer to finding out her results. What will they be? This film would be good to analyze carefully to truly see what the film is communicating through its shot framing.

evening1 Here is the story of a beautiful French singer in the unenviable position of needing to wait two hours until learning the results of a dire medical test.I was reminded of the classic short story "The Lady or the Tiger" as I spent the time with her, wondering whether she would live or have to face her demise.This film is refreshingly improvisational as we wend our way through Paris as Cleo (Corinne Marchand) visits a tarot-card reader, a café, her own apartment in which she rehearses a song with a pianist played by "Parapluies de Cherbourg" composer Michel Legrand, an art studio where her friend poses nude, and, finally, a park in which she converses with a soldier on leave from Algeria (Antoine Bourseiller).Marchand is gorgeous here, wearing everything well, from her sexy dress or housecoat to her wig or triangular fur hat. The camera adores her. Rich and gifted, she is also impoverished because her lover (a suave Jose Luis de Vilallonga) speaks lovingly yet will not truly give of himself. And, of course, she is potentially facing a very premature death.Cleo demonstrates bravery as she passes the time, occasionally navel-gazing, growing maudlin, and even boring us a little. (Who among us wouldn't do the same in a similar situation?) Cleo's repartee with Antoine as the film draws to its close is endearing and compelling. One even wishes that the drama could have started with the pair, but that would have been a different film.Truman Capote is credited here with writing the dialog, and I wonder whether he did so in the original French. If so, I'm impressed.In all, this was a powerful experience.

Jackson Booth-Millard Another film for me taken from the pages of the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die I was intrigued by what the title of this French film would refer to, and it turned out to be an interesting concept, from director Agnés Varda. Basically French pop singer Cleo (Corinne Marchand) is worried that she may be suffering a life threatening virus or cancer, so she awaits the results of her medical tests from the doctor. From five o'clock she has two hours to wait until she knows her state of health by about seven o'clock, and all she can do in this time is hang around with several friends she does not normally hang with as well as strangers while contemplating what will happen. Almost nothing happens in these two hours while Cleo thinks over her possible fate, and she is questioning whether or not there is any reason to continue with any life at all, and she feels really isolated and alone despite being with the certain people. She does eventually find some support and good sincere conversation with a stranger in the park, a former soldier in the Algerian War named Antoine (Antoine Bourseiller), and he is happy to come with her to the hospital. The end sees Cleo get the results as the doctor passes her in the car, she is told she does have a problem, but with therapy that will start immediately the next day they will be able to help her and she will most likely be able to pass it. Also starring Dorothée Blanck as Dorothée, Michel Legrand as Bob the Pianist, Dominique Davray as Angèle and José Luis De Vilallonga as The Lover. The film should obviously be two hours because of the title, it is only an hour and a half, but that doesn't matter, Marchand gives a good emotional performance and with a little bit of singing as well, it is a film that comprises of almost nothing happening, but actually that gives it a realistic approach bearing the situation, an interesting enough drama. Very good!