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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.
Major award wins
No verified wins in this six-institution crosswalk.
Awards are reference metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20
Good for
Film Club
Descriptive guidance derived from rating, genre, runtime, mood, and GCML scores.
Institutional reference ranks
Sight & Sound14IMDb Top 250—AFI 100—
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Great Cinema Master List scores
Greatness9.1
Engagement8.5
Ease8.4
French · Not Rated Narrative Feature Mood: Funny & Bittersweet
