Sunless = Sans Soleil

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An unknown woman reads and comments upon letters she receives from a friend, a freelance cameraman who travels around the world. The cameraman asks himself, and his colleagues, what is the point of describing the world like this when he is always its instrument, and what part does memory, which he helps to create, play?

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Credits

director

Chris Marker

producer

Anatole Dauman

Duration

01:40:00:00

Production places

France

Production dates

1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017550

Language

English

Audience classification

MA

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Japan

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - France

Experimental

Experimental → Experimental films - France

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - France

Places → Japan

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q290796

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France, 1983

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