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Documenteur

Documenteur

19816.61h 5m

Overview

After separating from the father of her son, a young French woman tries to find lodging and a fresh start in L.A. for herself and her son.

Directed by Agnès Varda
Written by Agnès Varda
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Top Cast

Sabine Mamou

Sabine Mamou

Emilie Cooper

Mathieu Demy

Mathieu Demy

Martin Cooper

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Lisa Blok-Linson

Lisa

T

Tina Odom

Tina

G

Gary Feldman

Writer at the Window

Charles Southwood

Charles Southwood

Man on the Water Bed

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Chris Leplus

Producer from the Other Film

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Andrew Meyer

Man from the Other Film

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Barry Farrell

Man from the Other Film

Tom Taplin

Tom Taplin

Tom Cooper

Themes & Keywords

los angeles, californiasingle motherwoman directormoving to a cityfrench womanfresh startmother son relationshiptypist

About Documenteur

Documenteur is a drama film released in 1981 exploring themes of los angeles, california, single mother, woman director, moving to a city, french woman, fresh start. Directed by Agnès Varda, it stars Sabine Mamou, Mathieu Demy, Lisa Blok-Linson. After separating from the father of her son, a young French woman tries to find lodging and a fresh start in L.A. for herself and her son.

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