Cléo de 5 à 7

Cléo, belle et chanteuse, attend les résultats d'une analyse médicale. De la superstition à la peur, de la rue de Rivoli au Café de Dôme, de la coquetterie à l'angoisse, de chez elle au Parc Montsouris, Cléo vit quatre-vingt-dix minutes particulières. Son amant, son musicien, une amie puis un soldat lui ouvrent les yeux sur le monde.

Cléo Victoire (played by Corinne Marchand) is having a tarot card reading with a fortune teller, who tells her that there is a widow in Cléo's life, who is completely devoted to her, but is also a terrible influence (her maid, Angèle). The fortune teller also sees that Cléo has recently met a generous young man, which she confirms, claiming that she doesn't see him too often, but he got her into the music industry. The fortune teller then says that she will meet a talkative young man. There is also an evil force in Cléo's life: a doctor. The fortune teller then pulls the The Hanged Man (Tarot card) card, meaning that Cléo is ill, potentially with cancer. She then proceeds to pull the Death (Tarot card) tarot card, and Cléo requests that the fortune teller read her palm. After examining her lifeline, the fortune teller remains silent before telling Cléo that she does not read hands, leading Cléo to believe that she is doomed.

Agnès Varda eloquentemente captura a Paris nos anos sessenta com este retrato em tempo real de uma cantora à deriva pela cidade enquanto aguarda os resultados dos testes de uma biópsia. Uma crônica dos minutos da vida de uma mulher, Cléo das 5 às 7 é uma mistura espirituosa de vérité e melodrama vívidos, apresentando uma partitura de Michel Legrand e cameos (breve participação) de Jean-Luc Godard e Anna Karina.