Agnes Varda appears at the screening of the film "Visages, Villages" at the Cannes film festival in In this May 2017. Photo: APAgnes Varda, the French New Wave pioneer who for decades beguiled, challenged and charmed moviegoers in films that inspired generations of filmmakers, has died. Varda worked almost right up to her death, releasing the scrapbook documentary "Varda by Agnes" earlier this year. In 2015, Varda was given an honorary Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. She and Demy had two children together: Mathieu Demy and Rosalie Varda, who both found career in French filmmaking.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 29, 2019 22:30 UTC