Chronicle of a Summer
by Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin1h301960France
Recommended bySophie Letourneur, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Raymond Depardon, Nicolas Philibert, Damien Chazelle, Alice Diop
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A landmark in French film history. Paris is subjected to revelatory sociological scrutiny, and the limits of the purely documentary chronicle are tested by radical filmmakers all too aware of their camera’s inevitable fictionalization of the summer scenes they are studying.
Credits
- Production Compagny : Argos Films
- Distributor : Argos Films
- Photo Director : Raoul Coutard, Michel Brault, Jean-Jacques Tarbès, Roger Morillière
- Producer : Anatole Dauman
- Editing : Néna Baratier
- Sound Recorder : Guy Rolfe, Michel Fano
- Director : Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin
Technical details
- Printed format : 16 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1960
- French release date : 20 octobre 1961
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : French
Bonus exclusive content
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of Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin
Bonus archives
- See special featureAlain Bergala à propos de Chronique d'un été
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