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Vagabond( 1985)

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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Sandrine Bonnaire

      Mona Bergeron

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      Macha Méril

      Mme Landier

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      Yolande Moreau

      Yolande

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      Stéphane Freiss

      Jean-Pierre

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      Setti Ramdane

      The Moroccan Who Discovers Mona

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      Yahiaoui Assouna

      Assoun

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      Marthe Jarnias

      Old Aunt Lydie

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      Francis Balchère

      Gendarmerie

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      Jean-Louis Perletti

      Gendarmerie

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      Urbain Causse

      Farmer Interviewed

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      Christophe Alcazar

      Ditch Burner

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      Dominique Durand

      First Biker

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      Joël Fosse

      Paulo

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      Patrick Schmit

      Camionneur

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      Daniel Bos

      Wrecker

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      Katy Champaud

      Girl at the Pump

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      Raymond Roulle

      Old Man with Matches

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      Agnès Varda

      (uncredited)

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      Laurence Cortadellas

      Eliane

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      Henri Fridiani

      The Gravedigger

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      Patrick Sokol

      The Young Man with the Sandwich

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      Pierre Imbert

      The Mechanic

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      Richard Imbert

      The Mechanic's Son

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      Gabriel Mariani

      Yolande's uncle (Aimé B.I.O.N.N.E.T.)

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      Patrick Lepczynski

      David, the Wandering Jew

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      Michèle Doumèche

      The p... on the route

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      Pierette Soler

      The Lady Talking to Her Husband

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      Pierre Emonnot

      The Unhappy Manager

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      Emmanuel Protopopoff

      The Blood Donor Backpacker

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      Vincent Sanchez

      The Nurse

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      Garibaldi Fernandez

      The Mason with the Round Hat

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      Michel Constantial

      The Cash Register Manager

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      Alain Roussel

      The Violent Woodsman

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      Aimé Chisci

      The Farm Manager

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      Geneviève Bonfils

      The Farm Manager's Wife

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      Christian Chessa

      The ZONARD-MAC at the Gas Station

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      Setina Arhab

      The Zonarde

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      Jacques Berthier

      The Well-Dressed Little Gentleman

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      Olivier Jongerlinck

      The Racketeer at the Photo Booth

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      Rémi Leboucq

      The Racketeer's Client

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      Jean Dambrin

      The Trichlomane

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      Bébert Samcir

      The Harmonica Player

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed May 15 2024
    Sandrine Bonnaire delivers really quite well in this observational drama of a young, rootless, girl who roams the countryside living from hand to mouth. Now we start with "Mona" dead in a ditch - so there's little jeopardy, but that also serves a useful frame of reference to this depiction of her last fortnight or so of life. It's presented episodically as she encounters a goat-herder, squats with a pot-smoker for a few days, falls in love with an handsome Tunisian grape-picker and my own favourite - manages to get quite well oiled with a curmudgeonly old lady who simply needed to let her hair ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • homeless person
    • freedom
    • southern france
    • dead body
    • drifter
    • told in flashback
    • vagrant
    • woman director