À bientôt, j'espère (1968)

Directed by

Chris Marker

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

55 min

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary shows a strike by textile workers in a French factory in 1967. It follows the workers' daily actions and their efforts to make their demands heard. The film is shot in black and white and focuses on the real events of the labor action.

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What happens

Be Seeing You (In French: À bientôt, j'espère; literally translates as Until soon, I hope) is a 1968 French documentary film directed by Chris Marker and Mario Marret. It tells the story of a strike action at the Rhodiaceta textile factory in Besançon in March 1967. The film was shot in black and white, with photography by Pierre Lhomme. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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