La Pointe Courte (1956)
Directed by Agnès Varda
A penetrating study of a marriage on the rocks, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. Both a stylized depiction of the complicated relationship between a married couple and a documentary-like look at the daily struggles of the inhabitants of Sète in the South of France.
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What critics compared La Pointe Courte to
As soon as director Sciamma executes the first interaction between Marianne and Héloïse by visually referencing an iconic shot in Agnes Varda‘s La Pointe Courte , this reviewer knew he was going to like Portrait of a Lady on Fire very much.
…it reminded me of Agnes Varda’s seaside-set La Pointe Courte, which was also largely defined by evocative insert shots…