Agnès Varda’s tender evocation of the childhood Jacques Demy is a wonder-filled portrait of the artist as a young man and an enchanting ode to the magic of cinema. Shot in Demy’s hometown of Nantes (including the house he grew up in), this imaginative blend of narrative and documentary traces his coming of age as he finds escape from the tumult of the Second World War in puppet shows, fairy tales, opera, and, above all, movies – the formative experiences that would fuel his vivid Technicolor imagination and find unforgettable expression in his exuberant New Wave masterworks.