The Mubi streaming site is showing Agnès Varda’s lovely film about the personalities that populate her local street in Paris. The street is called, rue Daguerre. And named after one of the inventors of photography…

There are obvious echos of August Sander’s great photo documentary series and also to Irving Penn’s, Small Trades series from Paris, London and New York.

The film shows a sort of local shop retail environment that has more-or-less disappeared from the UK and London especially. The shops provide what local people need…there’s a butcher, a hairdresser, a tailor, a hardware store and a perfumier…plus a few more.

The film dates from 1976 and the street scenes show many Renault 4s…that’s always a good sign.

https://www.rennart.co.uk/renault.html