At the bakery she chooses a pastry for its crookedness, the blackened corner proof of bravery. She keeps postcards without addresses, because some messages are meant only for the breath that carries them halfway across a room. Her laughter is small and generous, the kind that scatters teaspoons and old receipts, then gathers them back like constellations.

To understand why "the best" of Laure Sainclair still resonates today, one has to look at her approach to the medium.

Here is a look at the very best of Laure Sainclair’s filmography.