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Few films can claim as much influence on the course of cinema history as Chronicle of a Summer. The fascinating result of a collaboration between filmmaker-anthropologist Jean Rouch and sociologist Edgar Morin, this vanguard work of what Morin termed cinéma- vérité is a brilliantly conceived and realized sociopolitical diagnosis of the early sixties in France. Simply by interviewing a group of Paris residents in the summer of 1960—beginning with the provocative and eternal question “Are you happy?” and expanding to political issues, including the ongoing Algerian War—Rouch and Morin reveal the hopes and dreams of a wide array of people, from artists to factory workers, from an Italian émigré to an African student. Chronicle of a Summer’s penetrative approach gives us a document of a time and place with extraordinary emotional depth.
Original Release
10/20/1961
US Release
05/06/1965
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Angelo | Self |
Nadine Ballot | Self / Herself |
Catherine | Elle-même - une artiste |
Céline | Elle-même - une étudiante |
Régis Debray | Self / Himself |
Henri | Lui-mêm - un artiste |
Jacques | Self |
Jean | Lui-même - un ouvrier |
Jean-Marc | Lui-même - un étudiant |
Landry | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Angelo | Self |
Nadine Ballot | Self / Herself |
Catherine | Elle-même - une artiste |
Céline | Elle-même - une étudiante |
Régis Debray | Self / Himself |
Henri | Lui-mêm - un artiste |
Jacques | Self |
Jean | Lui-même - un ouvrier |
Jean-Marc | Lui-même - un étudiant |
Landry | Self |
Marceline Loridan Ivens | Self / Herself |
Madi | Elle-même - une artiste |
Marilù Parolini | Self / Herself |
Raymond | Lui-même - un étudiant |
Jean-Pierre Sergent | Self / Himself |
Simone | Elle-même - une employée |
Sophie | Elle-même - une cover-girl |
Edgar Morin | Himself / Self |
Jean Rouch | Himself / Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Anatole Dauman | Producer |
Philippe Lifchitz | Producer |