Sans toit ni loi

May 16 1986 Not Rated 1h 45m
Drama, Romance

Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her death. Through these flashbacks, Mona gradually declines as she travels from place to place, taking odd jobs and staying with whomever will offer her a place to sleep. Mona is fiercely independent, craving freedom over comfort, but it is this desire to be free that will eventually lead to her demise.

Plot

In winter in the south of France, a young woman is found frozen in a ditch. She's unkempt, a vagabond. Through flashbacks and brief interviews, we trace her final weeks as she camps alone or falls in with various men and women, many of whom project their needs onto her or try to give her life direction. She squats in an old house smoking hash with a man, falls for a Tunisian laborer and works beside him pruning grape vines, stays with a couple shepherding goats, meets an agronomist trying to save plane trees, gets tipsy with an old woman, and has an offer to appear in porn films.

Written by

Agnès Varda

Directed by

Agnès Varda

Production Countries

France

Production Companies

Films A2, centre mediterraneen de creation cinematographique, Ciné-Tamaris, Ministère de la culture, Film4 Productions

Languages

Français

Awards

8 wins & 5 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
14,611
Average Rating
7.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA