Trailer for the documentary Le Joli Mai.
A far-reaching meditation on the relationship between individual and society, docu probes the mood in the streets of Paris in May of 1962. "The first springtime of peace" that followed the March ceasefire between France and Algeria after seven years of war.
Working from 55 hours of material filmed with ordinary citizens—made possible by then-new, lightweight, synch-sound cameras—Marker and Lhomme craft a "sincere, brilliant, clever and highly idiosyncratic essay.
Duration
1 min 59 sec
Views
2,135
Posted On
August 12, 2013
1 min 59 sec
Views
2,135
Posted On
August 12, 2013
Director
Pierre Lhomme
Writer
Chris Marker
Studio
Independent
Release
May 1, 1963
Pierre Lhomme
Writer
Chris Marker
Studio
Independent
Release
May 1, 1963
Cast
Chris Marker
Yves Montand
Simone Signoret
Chris Marker
Yves Montand
Simone Signoret
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