Hoezo in KINO

A pastel-coloured tale of family life that conceals something darker. Released in the mid-1960s, when many directors celebrated the liberations of modern love, Varda instead critiqued the selfish complacency beneath bourgeois happiness. Its lush Technicolor imagery recalls Renoir or Minnelli, but the narrative is sharp, ironic, and unsettling. Few films of the era look so idyllic while cutting so deeply—a paradox that remains at the heart of Varda’s cinema.