Chronicle of a Summer
Location
Main screening room
Date
October 5th, 2022
Duration
90 min
Cycle
History of Cinema
This recurring cycle is an opportunity to watch or re-watch classics from cinema history, or films representative of certain national cinematographies, trends or eras, on the big screen.
Chronicle of a Summer
Directed by
Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin
Language
French with English subtitles
Actors
Nadine Ballot, Régis Debray, Marceline Loridan
Origins
France
Year
1961
Duration
90 min
Genre
Documentary
Format
Digital
Synopsis
In the style of Cinéma vérité, Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin dive into the daily life of Parisians.
Jean Rouch
Jean Rouch was a French filmmaker and ethnologist, born on May 31, 1917 in Paris and died on February 18, 2004 in Niger. He is particularly known for his practice of direct cinema and for his ethnographic films on African peoples such as the Dogons and their customs. Considered the creator of ethnofiction, a sub-genre of docufiction, he is one of the theorists and founders of visual anthropology.
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