La Pointe Courte

Name: La Pointe Courte
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1956-01-04
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 3
Cast: Marcel Jouet, Philippe Noiret, Silvia Monfort, Albert Lubrano, Anna Banegas

Rating

3.0 (1)

Release Date

1/4/1956

Runtime

80 mins

Genres

Drama Romance

Overview

A penetrating study of a marriage on the rocks, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village. Both a stylized depiction of the complicated relationship between a married couple and a documentary-like look at the daily struggles of the inhabitants of Sète in the South of France.

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

Revenue

Homepage

How It Feels

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A quietly observant portrait of a marriage fracturing, woven together with documentary-like glimpses of a fishing village's daily rhythms. The film moves between intimate emotional distance and the texture of ordinary life, creating a reflective meditation on connection and disconnection.

Mood

MelancholicIntimateContemplative

Themes

LoveComing apart

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Meditative

Look

Documentary-likeNaturalisticPainterly

Structure

Framed flashback

Philippe Noiret

Him

Silvia Monfort

Her

Marcel Jouet

Raphäel Scotto

Albert Lubrano

Albert Soldino

Anna Banegas

Anna Soldino

André Lubrano

Dédé Soldino

Rossette Lubrano

Albert's Wife

Reviews

nicolascagegoons

Aug 27, 2026

For a debute, the cinematography is excellent and a lot of these shots are fantastic while the actors give good performances.
What bugs me tho is i didn't fully connect with a lot of elements. I dig the vibe of the performance and also the enviroment, the gusts of wind but it all feels rather uninteresting from a thematic and character standpoint. Not to say they are terrible but they are as agnes varda films go, doable and just fine.
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