After separating from the father of her son, a young French woman tries to find lodging and a fresh start in L.A. for herself and her son.
Direction
Varda blurs reality and fiction with her real-life son and friend
Cinematography
L.A. as alien landscape—palm trees never looked so lonely
Writing
Dialogue so natural you'll think you're eavesdropping
Director
Agnès Varda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Varda shot this immediately after 'Mur Murs' using leftover film stock and her own Venice Beach neighborhood as set.
The title's pun—'documenteur' mashes 'documentary' and 'menteur' (liar)—announces Varda's game: truth dressed as fiction, fiction dressed as truth.
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