Movie: The So-Called Caryatids

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Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda

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    Commissioned by French television, this is a short documentary on the neo-classical statues found throughout Paris, predominantly on the walls of buildings, holding up windows, roofs etc.

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    1984-01-01

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    6.3

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    3.1 starts
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