Sans Toit Ni Loi (translation: Without Roof or Law) or otherwise known as Vagabond is a 1985 French film directed by Agnes Varda.
The film focuses on the life of a young, homeless women (Mona) travelling around France. The film begins with a rather dark scene involving a farm worker discovering Mona's dead body frozen in a ditch. This pretty much set the vibe of what was to come. Vagabond then follows Mona as she travels the country meeting people along the way, all the while leaving the viewer waiting to see how she comes to meet her death. I actually quite enjoyed this film (which doesn't seem to be the case for the majority of people who saw it). It was interesting to see the people Mona met on her journey break the third wall and talk to the camera about their experiences with her in a kind of documentary style. It was also good to see a different side to France than the more glamourous or 'chic' portrayal I've tended to see with French films, with the French countryside really looking harsh and grim. One thing that did bug me about the film was that Mona was such an unlikeable character and I found any empathy I had for her at the start of the film fade very quickly.
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