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La Pointe Courte (1955)

Directed by Agnès Varda · Cinematography by Louis Soulanes, Louis Stein, Paul Soulignac

80 min64 frames

DramaRomance

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La Pointe Courte (1955) movie still: wide — A vast, empty shoreline under a clear sky features a body of water nearby. A man rests on the ground…La Pointe Courte (1955) movie still: medium — A stark indoor space with a window frame looking onto a textured exterior wall. A man leans out the…La Pointe Courte (1955) movie still: medium — Four musicians sit in a row on a dark, sparsely lit wooden stage. They are dressed in formal white…La Pointe Courte (1955) movie still: wide — Two rough-hewn wooden logs protrude upward against a sky filled with layered clouds. The logs are…La Pointe Courte (1955) movie still: medium — A man and woman lie on a bed with a quilted, shiny satin coverlet. The subjects are positioned side by…La Pointe Courte (1955) movie still: medium — A rustic enclosure features weathered wooden walls and a worn gate with lattice detail. Three men in…La Pointe Courte (1955) movie still: closeup — A tabby cat lies on a textured, low-level surface in a dimly lit space. The cat rests its head near…La Pointe Courte (1955) movie still: closeup — A person lies on a quilted, satiny fabric surface that fills the frame. The subject is positioned on…La Pointe Courte (1955) movie still: fullbody — A man and a woman stand on a desolate, shell-covered shore by a lake. An unidentified spiked object…La Pointe Courte (1955) movie still: medium — An outdoor coastal location with a vast, empty sky filling the background. A young man and woman stand…La Pointe Courte (1955) movie still: fullbody — A man and a woman stand by fishing equipment on a wooden dock by water. A small boat is moored…La Pointe Courte (1955) movie still: medium — A dimly lit boathouse contains various fishing equipment hanging from the wooden walls. Two men in…La Pointe Courte (1955) movie still: closeup — A close-up view of textured wooden plank surface with prominent parallel growth rings. A single dark…La Pointe Courte (1955) movie still: medium — The interior of a large wooden boat hull with curved structural ribs and floorboards. A man sits on a…La Pointe Courte (1955) movie still: wide — The interior of a curved wooden ship hull features rib-like framing and dark water. A man sits alone on…La Pointe Courte (1955) movie still: wide — A long banquet table is set for a dinner with many men dressed in light-colored clothing. The men sit…
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La Pointe Courte — official trailer

What is La Pointe Courte about?

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.

Where can you watch La Pointe Courte?

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What does the cinematography of La Pointe Courte look like?

Sampled across 64 frames, the coverage of La Pointe Courte leans on medium shots (42% of the sample) and wide compositions (28%). Cinematographer Louis Soulanes keeps 56% of it in naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 73% of the frames play in daylight. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 69% of the frames.

What is the color palette of La Pointe Courte?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of La Pointe Courte (1955) are #040404, #8f8f8f, #303030, #cbcbcb, #6c6c6c, #4a4a4a — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #303030
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  • #6c6c6c
  • #4a4a4a

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