Franki Raffles Screenings Vegabond (Sans Toit ni Loi)
Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. This film documents the weeks leading up to her death.
This screening is part of Franki Raffles: Viewpoints.
Vagabond (Sans Toit ni Loi)
dir. Agnès Varda France 1985 106’ (cert 15)
Wed 26 Feb 2024 | 18:30
Level 1 Cinema
Tickets £5 / £3.50 Concessions / Discount bundles available
Mona Bergeron (Sandrine Bonnaire) is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her death. Through these flashbacks, Mona gradually declines as she travels from place to place, taking odd jobs and staying with whomever will offer her a place to sleep. Mona is fiercely independent, craving freedom over comfort, but it is this desire to be free that will eventually lead to her demise.
‘Surely one of Agnès Varda’s greatest films: enigmatic, possessed of a cool artistry in its structural asymmetries and inconsistencies, and as gripping as any thriller.’ — The Guardian
‘The film is so startling because its protagonist is a woman. We’ve seen male drifters and loners throughout film history. A man alone has a reason, and his isolation is therefore noble. A male drifter is doing penance for something for which he was found innocent but for which he cannot forgive himself. A woman alone is crazy.’ — The Paris Review
Franki Raffles: Viewpoints
This event is part of a series of films in our cinema on Wednesday evenings which further expand on themes of labour and feminism in Franki Raffles’ exhibition. Book a bundle ticket for these screenings at a discounted price here.
We are also showing free lunchtime talks by artists, activists, researchers and thinkers. See full programme here.
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