Principal cast
Sandrine Bonnaire as Mona Bergeron, Macha Méril as Madame Landier, Yolande Moreau as Yolande, Stéphane Freiss as Jean-Pierre, and Setti Ramdane as The Moroccan Who Discovers Mona
About the film
Vagabond at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1985 film at stop 176 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her death. Through these flashbacks, Mona gradually declines as she travels from place to place, taking odd jobs and staying with whomever will offer her a place to sleep. Mona is fiercely independent, craving freedom over comfort, but it is this desire to be free that will eventually lead to her demise.
Key craft credits
Patrick Blossier (director of photography), Agnès Varda (editor), Patricia Mazuy (editor), Anne Violet (production design), and Jean Bauer (production design)
- Director
- Agnès Varda
- Release
- 1985-12-04
- Runtime
- 106 minutes
- Genres
- Drama
- Country
- France
- Quiz
- 50 questions
The Screen Path journey
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