Chronicle of a Summer

France, 1961

Film

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Paris, summer of 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch, along with sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin, both assisted by Marceline and Nadine, roam the crowded streets asking ordinary people how they deal with the misfortunes of life. Are you happy? But their real purpose is to find out if people can speak sincerely in front of a camera and how they react when they are later invited to analyze the meaning of their answers.

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Credits

co-director

Edgar Morin

producer

Anatole Dauman

Philippe Lifchitz

Duration

01:27:00

Production places
France
Production dates
1961

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-84972

Language

French

Subject category

Documentary

TMDB-Movie

84972

Wikidata

Q2966752

Collected

45 times

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