Daguerreotypes

Agnès Varda’s portrait of shopkeepers on the street where she lives - Rue Daguerre, in Paris - established a new genre, affectionate anthropology. This early foray into documentary starts with the quirky pharmacy where her teen-age daughter, Rosalie, buys homemade perfumes, Varda peeps in on the rounds of commerce that keep the street vital. In the process, she exalts the sights and sounds, the very savor of daily life - the crust of fresh-baked baguettes, the sumptuousness of hand-stitched fabrics.

“Heartwarming and heartbreaking… A masterpiece” - Roger Ebert.

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