"The director and artist Agnès Varda died at her home on the night of Thursday of complications from cancer," her family said in a statement to the AFP news agency."She was surrounded by her family and friends."
Varda was born in Belgium 1928 and lived on a boat with her family in the town of Sète in the south of France during World War II. She later moved to study at the Sorbonne in Paris, earning a degree in literature and psychology before embarking on a career as a photographer.Micheline PELLETIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
Her 2000 documentary"The Gleaners and I" documented the plight of gleaners as they comb fields for leftover food following harvests and through urban junk. The film was voted the eighth best documentary film of all time in a 2014 Guardian poll, and 99th best film of the 21st century by the BBC. Her own work regularly crisscrossed between fictional narrative and real-life experience, most notably in the films that recounted her time with her late husband:"Jacquot de Nantes" in 1991,"The World of Jacques Demy" in 1995 and"The Beaches of Agnès" in 2008.
Rest In Peace ❤️💐
Une triste perte d'un bel esprit. Tu vas nous manquer. Repose en paix, Grande Dame.
RIP 🙏❤🙏
RIP talented but underrated director And Artist, Agnès.
Lion's Love! Thank you, Ms Varda, RIP
Rest In Peace Ma
Ugh. Feminist cinema. Sounds horrible.
Pass. I focus on true art forms like football and welding.
An icon? Never even heard her name before.
Una pena , fue una gran artista. QEPD
A great cinema maker !
😭😭😭
R.I.P Diva Agnès Varda,
Goodnight Beautiful Soul. 💗🙏🏽☺️ Thank you for all you have shared, and accomplished.
Cleo from 5 to 7 is a much watch. Very sad loss.
R.I.P.
a loss that touches every sole forever
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