Le Joli Mai

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Le Joli Mai is a 1963 French documentary film by Chris Marker that captures the mood of Parisian life in the spring of 1962 through street interviews and observational footage.

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Le Joli Mai canonical 4

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instanceOf 1960s film ⓘ
French film ⓘ
documentary film ⓘ
cinematographyBy Pierre Lhomme ⓘ
coDirector Pierre Lhomme ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
depictsPeriod Fifth French Republic ⓘ
postwar France ⓘ
director Chris Marker ⓘ
distributor Argos Films ⓘ
editingBy Chris Marker ⓘ
Pierre Lhomme ⓘ
exploresTheme individual vs society ⓘ
political consciousness ⓘ
social change ⓘ
urban life ⓘ
filmingPeriod spring 1962 ⓘ
format black-and-white film ⓘ
genre documentary ⓘ
essay film ⓘ
hasAlternateVersion shorter theatrical cut ⓘ
hasPart interviews with Parisian workers ⓘ
interviews with shopkeepers ⓘ
interviews with young people ⓘ
observational street scenes ⓘ
hasReputation classic of political documentary ⓘ
landmark of essay film ⓘ
hasRestoration digitally restored version ⓘ
influenced later essay documentaries ⓘ
mainLocation Paris ⓘ
musicBy Michel Legrand ⓘ
narrationBy Simone Signoret ⓘ
Yves Montand ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Chris Marker filmography ⓘ
producer Anatole Dauman ⓘ
productionCompany Argos Films ⓘ
releaseYear 1963 ⓘ
runningTime approximately 165 minutes ⓘ
screenedAt Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
subjectMatter Parisian life ⓘ
everyday life in Paris ⓘ
post–Algerian War France ⓘ
street interviews ⓘ
title Le Joli Mai ⓘ
usesTechnique direct cinema ⓘ
voice-over narration ⓘ

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Chris Marker → notableWork → Le Joli Mai ⓘ
Chris Marker → directed → Le Joli Mai ⓘ
Le Joli Mai → title → Le Joli Mai ⓘ
Ghislain Cloquet → notableWork → Le Joli Mai ⓘ