Chronique d'un été (1961)
- Original title
- Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)
- Directed by
- Edgar Morin, Jean Rouch
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 116 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This French documentary from 1961 follows a group of Parisians over the summer of 1960. The filmmakers ask people about their personal lives, work, and feelings about happiness, leading to spontaneous conversations.
observationalreflectiveintimateconversationalthoughtfulgroundedunscriptedcontemplative
What happens
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. The film is widely regarded as structurally innovative and an example of cinéma vérité and direct cinema. The term "cinéma vérité" was suggested by the film's publicist and coined by Rouch, highlighting a connection between film and its context, otherwise referred to as reflexive documentary. Brault confirmed this in an interview after a 2011 screening of Chronique d'un été at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. The film was screened at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI International Critics' Prize. In a 2014 Sight & Sound poll, film critics voted Chronicle of a Summer the sixth-best documentary film of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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