Chronicle of a Summer
Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960) (original)
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.
Starring Edgar Morin, Jean Rouch, Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Nadine Ballot, Marilù Parolini, Jean-Pierre Sergent, Régis Debray
Watch "Chronicle of a Summer" on Criterion Channel released in 1961. It's a documentary movie, and has a rating of 7.5 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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