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Vagabond

Vagabond

19857.31h 46m

Overview

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.

Directed by Agnès Varda
Written by Agnès Varda
Produced by Oury Milshtein
Box Office0Revenue: $8.1M

Top Cast

Sandrine Bonnaire

Sandrine Bonnaire

Mona Bergeron

Macha Méril

Macha Méril

Madame Landier

Yolande Moreau

Yolande Moreau

Yolande

Stéphane Freiss

Stéphane Freiss

Jean-Pierre

S

Setti Ramdane

The Moroccan Who Discovers Mona

Y

Yahiaoui Assouna

Assoun

Marthe Jarnias

Marthe Jarnias

Old Aunt Lydie

F

Francis Balchère

Gendarmerie

J

Jean-Louis Perletti

Gendarmerie

U

Urbain Causse

Farmer Interviewed

Themes & Keywords

homeless personfreedomsouthern francedead bodydriftertold in flashbackvagrantwoman director

About Vagabond

Vagabond is a drama film released in 1985 exploring themes of homeless person, freedom, southern france, dead body, drifter, told in flashback. Directed by Agnès Varda, it stars Sandrine Bonnaire, Macha Méril, Yolande Moreau. 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.

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