Chronicle of a Summer
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Production year1961
French release20/10/1961
Runtime1 h 25 min
Synopsis
In the summer of 1960 anthropologist filmmaker Jean Rouch (Moi, un noir, Les Maîtres fous) and sociologist Edgar Morin set out to chronicle the everyday lives of Parisians using a mixture of intimate interviews, debates and observations. Artists, factory workers, office employees, students and others open up to the camera to share their experiences, fears and aspirations. The result became one of the decade's most influential films, and redefined the documentary form.
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Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Argos Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution, Cité Films
- French distribution : Francinor
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producers : Anatole Dauman, Philippe Lifchitz
- Screenwriters : Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin
- Directors of Photography : Jean-Jacques Tarbès, Michel Brault, Raoul Coutard, Roger Morillière
- Music Composer : Pierre Barbaud
- Assistant Director : Claude Beausoleil
- Editors : Françoise Collin, Néna Baratier, Jean Ravel
- Sound recordists : Michel Fano, Guy Rophé
- Production Manager : André Heinrich
- Participants : Jean Rouch, Edgar Morin, Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Marilu Parolini, Nadine Ballot, Régis Debray
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Themes : Society
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
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