Author film, new wave and feminism: the film research of Agnès Varda

Abstract

Agnès Varda, a famous French female director，is honoured as the mother of the French new wave movie. As a pioneer director, she created a lot of Documentaries and Feature Movies. Her movies have their unique style and research value, particularly in the areas of feminist research. In her films, she presents women's real-life situations and difficulties in social life，their performance of self-seeking, and their process of growth of them. She not only gives women deep、objective humane care but also constantly thinks about how women get freedom and happiness in themselves、society、marriage and love through her unique Feminist thought.

This paper intends to adopt critical methods of feminist research and the research method of Movie Ontology to research Agnes Varda's Feature Movies, especially in her four representative movies. The thesis is divided into three chapters. The first chapter is the introduction; the second chapter which is based on the film text， explores her Feminism thought in Feature Movies; the third chapter is the conclusion and prospect. Through the above study，this paper attempts to enrich the study of Agnes Varda's films, saluting the outstanding filmmaker, Agnes Varda.