... the influence and impact of French New Wave at the time, The Age of Daydreaming, of all Szabó's feature films, is the one which most clearly shows the influence of the French, particularly Francois Truffaut. In all three films, an individual goes through trials and tribulations of one kind...

...Agnès Varda, a pioneer of the French New Wave, has been making radical films for over half a century. Many of these are considered by scholars, filmmakers, and audiences alike, as audacious, seminal, and unforgettable. This book considers her production as a whole, revisiting overlooked films like...

...This introductory chapter provides an overall description of the works of French New Wave film director Agnès Varda. It first looks into her Salut les Cubains! (1964), a distinctive political documentary, mostly made of animated photographs that she took on trips to Cuba...