Over nearly sixty years, Agn s Varda (b.
Varda\'s first film, La Pointe Courte (1954), displayed many of the characteristics of the two later films that launched the New Wave, Truffaut\'s 400 Blows and Godard\'s Br.
She has been called the "Mother of the New Wave" but suffered for many years for never having been completely accepted by the cinematic establishment in France. 1928) has given Interviews that are revealing not only of her work, but of her remarkably ambiguous status.
Over nearly sixty years, Agn s Varda (b