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Le Joli Mai
Directed by Chris Marker & Pierre Lhomme
1963•2h 45m•NR•★ 8.0
Documentary
Synopsis
In May 1962—the first springtime of peace for France after seven years of Algerian War—Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme take a 16mm camera and portable tape recorder onto the streets of Paris, interviewing clothing salesmen, Algerian workers, stockbrokers, painters, and lovers about happiness, politics, and the future. Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme's Cannes Critics Week Prize-winning direct cinema monument narrated by Simone Signoret.
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Cast & Crew
DirectorChris MarkerPierre Lhomme
WriterCatherine WinterChris Marker
CinematographyPierre LhommeDenys ClervalPierre WilleminÉtienne Becker
MusicMichel Legrand
Principal Cast
Yves MontandNarrator (French version) (voice)Chris MarkerSelf / Interviewer (voice)
Jean-Luc GodardSelf (uncredited)
Anna KarinaSelf (uncredited)
Edgar MorinSelf (uncredited)
Alain ResnaisSelf (uncredited)
Jacques RivetteSelf (uncredited)
Jean RouchSelf (uncredited)
Technical Specifications
Runtime2h 45m (165 mins)
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DirectorChris Marker & Pierre Lhomme
LanguagesFrench
CountryFR
StudioSofracima
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