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Summary:

Jane B. par Agnès V.: A cinematic recounting of Jane Birkin's career, from her breakthrough appearance as one of the nude models in Blow-Up to her pinnacle as star of such films as La Femme de Ma Vie (1986). It is also the story of Birkin's and Varda's close relationship, made stronger by their mutual admiration and their lifelong fascination with feminist themes.
Kung-fu master: A forty-year-old divorcée falls in love with her teenaged daughter's video-game-obsessed friend.

Table of Contents:

• Jane B. par Agnès V. / Agnès Varda, scénariste, réalisatrice ; avec les baisers de Ciné-Tamaris, en co-production avec La Sept (1988 : 98 min.)
• Kung-fu Master! / Ciné-Tamaris présente un film d'Agnès Varda ; co-production, La Sept ; scénario et réalisation, Agnès Varda (1988 : 79 min.)

Contributors:

Varda, Agnès, 1928-2019 , film director

Birkin, Jane, 1946-2023 , on-screen participant, actor

Léotard, Philippe , on-screen participant

Léaud, Jean-Pierre, 1944- , on-screen participant

Demy, Mathieu, 1972- , actor

Gainsbourg, Charlotte, 1971- , actor

Ciné Tamaris (Firm) , production company, presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Sept (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

French
English

Language Notes:

Jane B par Agnès V. in French; Kung-fu master! in French and English.

Included Works:

Jane B. par Agnès V. (Motion picture)

Kung-fu master! (Motion picture : 1987)

Related Works:

Petit amour

Related Series:

Complete films of Agnès Varda; program 9

Subjects:

Birkin, Jane, 1946-2023

Motion picture actors and actresses — France — Biography

Motion picture actors and actresses — England — Biography

Love in middle age — France — Drama

Love in adolescence — France — Drama

Middle-aged women — France — Drama

Teenage boys — France — Drama

Video games — France — Drama

Love in adolescence

Love in middle age

Middle-aged women

Motion picture actors and actresses

Teenage boys

Video games

England

France

Genres:

Romance films

Nonfiction films

Fiction films

Biographical films

Biographies

Drama

Feature films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

System Details:

Blu-ray; region A, B, C; wide screen (1.66:1) presentation; LPCM mono; requires Blu-ray player.

Performers:

Jane B par Agnès V.: with Jane Birkin, Philippe Léotard, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Farid Chopel, Alain Souchon, Serge Gainsbourg, Laura Betti, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Mathieu Demy.
Cast: Kung-fu master: Jane Birkin, Mathieu Demy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lou Doillon.

Production Credits:

Jane B par Agnès V.: cinematography, Nurith Aviv, Pierre-Laurent Chenieux ; editing, Agnès Varda, Marie-Jo Audiard ; music, Joanna Bruzdowicz.
Kung-fu master: cinematography, Pierre-Laurent Chenieux ; editing, Marie-Jo Audiard ; music, Joanna Bruzdowicz.

General Notes:

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Title from disc label.
Kung-fu master! based on a story by Jane Birkin.
Kung-fu master! also known as: Le petit amour.
Wide screen (1.66:1).
Issued in a boxed set entitled: The complete films of Agnès Varda.
Digitally restored.
Bonus features: Introductions by Agnès Varda to Jane B. par Agnès V. and Kung-fu Master! ; Agnès V. by Jane B. (interview with actor Jane Birkin) ; segments from a March 1988 episode of the Swiss television program Bonsoir ; trailer for Jane B. par Agnès V.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 177 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; LPCM

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; all regions

Call Numbers:

PN2638.B5 JAN 1988 BLU

ISBNs:

9781681437361 (boxed set)
1681437368 (boxed set)

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515247917 (boxed set)
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC3164BD-9 (disc)
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC3164BD (boxed set)

OCLC Numbers:

1176497328