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XfinitySubscriptionSubscriptionWatchChronicle of a Summer: Directed by Edgar Morin, Jean Rouch. With Angelo, Nadine Ballot, Catherine, Céline. A documentary about the everyday lives of ordinary Parisians, done in the style of cinéma vérité.
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- Documentary, History
- Edgar Morin, Jean Rouch
- 1961-10-20
Chronicle of a Summer (1961) 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.
Chronicle of a Summer (French original title: Chronique d'un été) is a 1961 French documentary film shot during the summer of 1960 by sociologist Edgar Morin and anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch, with the technical and aesthetic collaboration of Québécois director-cameraman Michel Brault.
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- Edgar Morin, Jean Rouch
- 91 min
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 ...
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Ethnographer-filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist-film critic Edgar Morin, assisted by a motion picture crew, interview people on the streets of Paris during the summer of 1960. Marceline asks passersby on the Place de la Concorde if they are happy.
Chronicle of a Summer -- Paris, 1960 Released May 6, 1965 1h 30m Drama Documentary List Reviews 72% Audience Score 500+ Ratings The summer season is seen as it is celebrated in the city...
- Drama, Documentary
