A young woman’s body is found in a ditch. From this stark beginning, Vagabond traces the final weeks of Mona, a drifter moving through the rural landscapes of southern France, living on the margins and refusing the structures of conventional life.

Directed by Agnès Varda, the film unfolds through a series of encounters, as those who briefly crossed Mona’s path reflect on her presence. Piece by piece, a portrait emerges, not as a fixed truth, but as a shifting perspective shaped by memory, judgement and distance.

Rejecting easy explanations or sentimentality, Vagabond is a powerful exploration of freedom, isolation and the cost of living outside social norms. Varda combines documentary-like observation with a carefully constructed narrative, creating a film that is both immediate and elusive.

Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, Vagabond remains one of Varda’s most uncompromising works, a haunting and deeply human study that lingers long after the final frame.