Daguerréotypes

Observing traditional crafts and trades with loving fascination, Varda empathetically evokes their paradoxes-the depth of practical knowledge, the lack of variety in experience.

Daguerrotypes has aged splendidly, acquiring flavors that would've been inconceivable at the time it was made.

Like many of Varda's similarly themed explorations, the results are more than they initially seem, casual anthropology with a strongly humanist bent, resulting in a film that's fueled more by compassion than curiosity.

Varda’s film is a simple reminder that the world just outside our door is beautiful and has value, if we are willing to take a moment and feel it.