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Time in the Sun (1940)

Time in the Sun poster
Directed by
Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei Eisenstein
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
55 min
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary attempt to assemble Sergei Eisenstein's unfinished footage from Mexico into a coherent film, based on his original plans. The material captures scenes from 1930s Mexico but the project itself was never fully realized.

fragmentaryunfinishedhistoricalcontemplativemelancholicarchivalunseen

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