Master Rank #333

Cléo from 5 to 7

1962

GCML Total8.7240% Greatness · 40% Engagement · 20% Ease

Directed by Agnès Varda

CastCorinne Marchand · Antoine Bourseiller

FranceFrenchComedy / Drama90 minNot Rated
Sight & SoundNarrative FeatureModerate pace
Original poster artwork · Great Cinema Master List

Spoiler-free premise

A Parisian singer wanders the city while awaiting the results of a medical test.

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Pop singer Cléo Victoire waits two hours in Paris for biopsy results, moving from a fortune teller through shopping, rehearsal, cafés, streets, and a park. Encounters gradually shift how she sees her image and the people around her.

Why it belongs

Cléo from 5 to 7 finds liberation within near-real time, letting mirrors, music, streets, documentary encounters, and Cléo's changing gaze remake Paris around her.

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Clocks, chapter cards, shop windows, taxis, a live song performance, street observation, and a playful silent film measure time precisely while Corinne Marchand moves from displayed object toward active witness.

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