A philatelic tribute to one of the greatest women in cinema.
The director Agnès Varda, who died in 2019 at the age of 90, is the subject of a stamp with her image which will be marketed from April 2, La Poste confirmed to Le Parisien this Thursday, February 8.
On this stamp, the director of “Cléo de 5 à 7” and “Visages villages” appears alongside her cat Zgougou, in a photo taken by Didier Doussin.
A reference to a phrase by Agnès Varda: “That's all you need in life: a computer, a camera and a cat”.
His name and the words “1928-2019” are also inscribed on this stamp printed in rotogravure and designed by Ségolène Carron.
Agnès Varda films also mentioned
On the sheet of 10 stamps which will also be available for sale, the titles of films directed by Agnès Varda are printed on the contour: “Happiness”, “Visages villages”, “Cléo de 5 à 7”, “Sans roof ni law”, “Black Panthers”, “La pointe court”, “One sings, the other does not”, “The beaches of Agnès” and “The gleaners and the gleaner”.
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Printed in 702,000 copies, this stamp will be sold in preview on March 29 and 30 in a specialized Parisian boutique, in the presence of photographer Didier Doussin and Rosalie Varda, the director's daughter.
Died of cancer on March 29, 2019, she had directed more than 50 films since the start of her career in 1955. The Cinémathèque had paid a vibrant tribute to the filmmaker by showing her films, her photos, her collections, her commitments with the exhibition “Viva Varda!”
», which ended on January 28.