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One summer day in Marseille. The boxers of the "Boxe Massilia" collective are about to enter the ring in front of a cheering crowd. Behind this ancient spectacle of hand-to-hand combat, another fight, more decisive and fundamental, seems to be played out.
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FR

The interests, obsessions, and fantasies of two singular artists converge in this inspired collaboration between Agnès Varda and her longtime friend the actor Jane Birkin. Made over the course of a year and motivated by Birkin’s fortieth birthday—a milestone she admits to some anxiety over—Jane B. by Agnès V. contrasts the private, reflective Birkin with Birkin the icon.

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