Agnès Varda

Cleo, a young and pretty singer, waits for the results of medical tests. From superstition to fear, from the Rue de Rivoli to the Café du Dôme, from coquetry to anxiety, from her apartment to Parc Montsouris, Cleo lives through ninety peculiar minutes. Her lover, a musician accompanist, a female friend, and then a soldier open up her eyes to the world.

Ce film raconte une double histoire : la vie d'un couple et la naissance d'un roman. Edgar et Milène vivent comme des reclus à Noirmoutier, ils ne peuvent pas dialoguer, mais ils s'aiment, et leur amour va donner la vie à un enfant. Quant au roman d'Edgar, il naît de rien, car au hasard de ses promenades, il rencontre des personnages quotidiens, qui deviennent, les " créatures " de son roman. Les " créatures " prennent vie au cours d'une partie serrée dans laquelle Edgar défend non seulement ses convictions, mais aussi son amour.

The film is a feminist musical. Two young girls live in Paris in 1962. Pauline (17), a student, dreams of leaving her family to become a singer. Suzanne (22) is taking care of her two children and is dealing with the drama of their father's suicide. Life separates them, each one living her own struggle as a woman. Pauline became a singer in a militant and itinerant group after having lived a difficult union in Iran. Suzanne is out of her misery and works at the Family Planning. Ten years later, they meet again during a feminist demonstration. At the end of this chronicle, we find them together again, with their children who have grown up.