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Sans toit ni loi (Original title)Vagabonde (Alternative title)Vagabond (Alternative title)À saisir (Alternative title)Without a Roof and Beyond the Law (Alternative title)
Date: 1985 (Copyright)

Countries: France, United Kingdom

Directed by: Agnès Varda

Synopsis: The story of Mona, a young hitchhiker who cannot communicate with the world, is told in flashback by people who came into contact with her, after she is found frozen to death in a ditch.

Genre:
Drama

Subject:
Young people
Credits (39)
©: Agnès Varda, ©: Ciné-Tamaris, Films A2, Production Company: Ciné-Tamaris, Production Company: Films A2, Presents: Ciné-Tamaris, With the participation of: Ministère Français de la Culture, With the participation of: Film 4 International (London), With the participation of: C.M.C.C. (Vitrolles), Production Manager: Oury Milshtein, Production Manager: Michèle Cretel, Administration: Michèle Cretel, Production Assistant: Christian Lambert, Assistant Director: Jacques Royer, Assistant Director: Jacques Deschamps, Assistant to the Director: Christian Lambert, Script Supervisor: Chantal Desanges, Written by: Agnès Varda, Director of Photography: Patrick Blossier, Lighting: Dominique Testud, Michel Le Borgne, Assistant to the Photographer: Pierre Gordower, Grip: Bernard Largemains, Editor: Agnès Varda, Editor: Patricia Mazuy, Assistant Editor: Arnaud Boland, Assistant Editor: Catherine Tissier, Assistant Editor: Maurice Dubroca, Assistant Editor: Caroline Gindre, Set Decorator: Jean Bauer, Set Decorator: Anne Violet, Make-up: Brigitte Parquet, Music: Joanna Bruzdowicz, Sound [Recordist]: Jean-Paul Mugel, Sound Mixer: Jean-François Auger, Sound Effects: Gilbert Nottin, Subtitles: Alexander Whitelaw, Publicity: Eva Simonet
Cast (55)
Sandrine Bonnaire (Mona Bergeron, 'sans toit ni loi'), Macha Méril (Madame Landier), Stéphane Freiss (Jean-Pierre), Yolande Moreau (Yolande), Patrick Lepczynski (David), Yahiaoui Assouna (Assoun), Joël Fosse (Paulo), Marthe Jarnias (Aunt Lydie), Laurence Cortadellas (Eliane), Setti Ramdane (Moroccan), Francis Baichère (policeman), Jean-Louis Perletti (another policeman), Urbain Causse, Christophe Alcazar (peasant), Dominique Durand (1st motorcyclist), Patrick Schmit (truck driver), Daniel Bos (demolition man), Katy Champaud (young girl with pump), Raymond Roulle (old man with matches), Henri Fridiani (man digging ditches), Patrick Sokol (young man with sandwich), Pierre Imbert (garage owner), Richard Imbert (garage owner's son), Gabriel Mariani (Uncle Aimé Bionnet), Sylvain, Sabine (shepherd), Michèle Doumèche (prostitute), Pierrette Soler (Woman Talking to Her Husband), Pierre Emonnot (Annoyed Manager), Emmanuel Protopopoff (Blood Donor), Vincent Sanchez (Male Nurse), Garibaldi Fernandez (Bricklayer), Michel Constantial (Cash Desk Manager), Alain Roussel (Violent Tree-man), Aimé Chisci (Farmhouse Manager), Marguerite Chisci (Farmhouse Manager's Wife), Geneviève Bonfils (Suspicious Traveller), Christian Chessa (Pimp Vagrant), Setina Arhab (vagrant girl), Jacques Berthier (well-dressed man), Olivier Jongerlinck (photo-booth racketeer), Rémi Leboucq (photo-booth customer), Jean Dambrin (acid sniffer), Bébert Samcir (harmonica player), inhabitants of the village of Bellegarde, inhabitants of the village of Boulbon, inhabitants of the village of St Etienne-du-grès, inhabitants of the village of Générac, inhabitants of the village of Jonquières-st Vincen, inhabitants of the village of Uchaud, inhabitants of the village of Moncalm, inhabitants of the village of Tresques, people of Mas Laval, people of Mas Tamerlet, people of André-la-côte